Ellen Hillingsø

A toy salesman plans to spend his 60th birthday alone in Paris, unaware that his family back home is throwing him a surprise party.

Sixteen-year-old Carsten and his girlfriend Melissa travel to her parents’ summer house for the weekend. When Carsten begins to form a bond with Melissa’s father, the men learn they have a particular secret in common.

Nurse Maiken and her fiance Dr. Jacob are caught in a web of sex, murder and dark secrets.

A poignant drama about a Danish family's unbearable loss and total disintegration, but above all, about the faith and hope that miraculously gives them the superhuman strength not to give up.

Independent, outspoken and adored by her students, schoolteacher Rita fares less well with adults in this comedy-drama from Denmark.