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.
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- Original Title: Gæsten
- Genres: Drama
- Production Year: 2026
- Country of Origin: Denmark
- Language Spoken: Danish
- Duration: 99 min.
- Shot On: Arri Alexa 35
- Screen Ratio: 2.39:1
- Format: DCP, 7.1 & 5.1
- Domestic Release: November 2026 (TBC), by Scanbox Entertainment
- Director: Mads Mengel
- Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Simon Bennebjerg, Josephine Park
- Director of Photography: David Bauer DFF
- Film Editors: Louis Emil Ramm Seeberg
- Sound Editors: Andreas Sandborg
- Script Writers: Mads Mengel, Christian Bengtson
- Production Status: Post-production
- Production Company: Monolit Film
- Producers: Victor Cunha
- Composers: Lasse Aagaard
- Executive Producers: Pernille Tornøe
- Financiers: New Danish Screen (The Danish Film Institute), Scanbox Entertainment, DR / Danish Broadcasting Corporation, Monolit Film
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