On a vacation in Tuscany, a Danish family befriends a Dutch family. Months later the Danish couple receives an invitation to visit the Dutch and decide to go for the weekend. However, it doesn't take long before the joy of reunion is replaced by misunderstandings. Things gradually get out of hand, as the Dutch turn out to be something different than what they have pretended to be.
This horror thriller movie navigates through the topics of human relationships and our learned ways of behaving. We are programmed in how to respond to certain situations and not trigger anyone to think less of us. But this time, that might not be such a smart thing to do. Sometimes a little social unpleasantness could be a smart direction to take.
Christian Tafdrup graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts in 2003. As an actor Tafdrup has starred in both feature films and tv. Among other things he starred in Susanne Bier’s Academy Awards nominated After the Wedding (2006), the BAFTA winning tv-series Borgen (2010-), the TV-2 series Park Road (2009-2010) and several other films and TV. Besides his acting, Tafdrup has directed three shorts: The Copier (1999), Debutanten (2003) and Awakening (2008) which won the Robert-award (Danish Academy Award) for ‘best short’ as well as several other awards at festivals. His feature film debut as a writer/director Parents (2016) was also nominated for and won several awards, while his second feature A Horrible Woman (2017) was a big hit in Denmark and won multiple festivals. Tafdrup is known for his razor-sharp satirical tone in films, where he mixes comedy and drama in order to examine the relation between people in our modern western society.
