The Guest

A polite family gathering slowly curdles into quiet, uncomfortable confrontation, watching old wounds reopen in real time.

Directed by

Mads Mengel

Genres

Drama

Starring

Trine Dyrholm, Simon Bennebjerg, Josephine Park

Overview

At a luxury seaside hotel, Karl and Emilie are preparing for their son’s naming party, when Karl’s estranged mother, Vibeke, suddenly turns up uninvited. Karl want’s her gone, but his sister, Rikke, insists there won’t be any issues. Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests — until the celebration fractures into a collision.

How it feels

Tense, melancholic, dark and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Family, trauma, betrayal, guilt

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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