A Family
A Danish gallery owner must confront the emotional cost of choosing her own future over a powerful family legacy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- melancholic
- intimate
- restrained
- quiet evening
- reflective weekend
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Ditte must choose between pursuing her gallery career and New York future or preserving the Rheinwald bakery legacy after her father becomes seriously ill.
Rikard’s serious illness forces Ditte and the wider Rheinwald family to confront longstanding ties and obligations.
The premise explicitly emphasizes the new wife, new children, and complicated relationships within the bakery dynasty.
The Rheinwalds are a famous bakery dynasty, making family history and succession central to Ditte’s conflict.
Films like A Family, and why
The Celebration
family obligation, personal independence, and emotionally restrained domestic drama
August: Osage County
intergenerational conflict, difficult parental relationships, and bittersweet realism
After the Wedding
quiet Scandinavian family tensions, grief, and moral responsibility
Movie Details
- Director
- Pernille Fischer Christensen
- Release Date
- 2011-02-24
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Rating
- 6.1 / 10 (17)
Cast
- Lene Maria Christensen
- Jesper Christensen
- Pilou Asbæk
- Anne Louise Hassing
- Line Kruse
- Gustav Fischer Kjærulff
- Bo Lönsson
- Thomas Hwan
- Djamel Guedouanni
- Peter Christoffersen
Common questions
- What is A Family about?
- A Danish gallery owner must confront the emotional cost of choosing her own future over a powerful family legacy.
- What is A Family like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of A Family as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is A Family violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in A Family.
- Which films are like A Family?
- Films with a similar feel include The Celebration, August: Osage County, and After the Wedding.
- How long is A Family?
- A Family runs 102 minutes.
