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Speak No Evil
Gæsterne
2021 Denmark, Netherlands 97 min N-18
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On a vacation in Tuscany, a Danish family instantly befriends a Dutch family. Months later the Danish couple receive an unexpected invitation to visit the Dutch in their secluded house in the woods and decide to go for the weekend. However, it doesn't take long before the joy of reunion is replaced with misunderstandings. The Danish family now find themselves trapped in a house, they wish they had never entered, where psychological satire heads straight for horror.
“With his third feature outing, Tafdrup delivers with pitch-perfect tension a deeply unsettling parable of middle-class passivity. Taking its cues from both Haneke and the best “perfect strangers” horror tropes, Speak No Evil explores the boundaries of social (dis)comfort as an idyllic weekend-reunion takes a turn for the worst. At each twisted turn of events and growing uneasiness, Tafdrup makes us question its protagonists, mirroring our society’s weakened limits of (re)action.” (Andrei Tănăsescu)
World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival, 2022
“With his third feature outing, Tafdrup delivers with pitch-perfect tension a deeply unsettling parable of middle-class passivity. Taking its cues from both Haneke and the best “perfect strangers” horror tropes, Speak No Evil explores the boundaries of social (dis)comfort as an idyllic weekend-reunion takes a turn for the worst. At each twisted turn of events and growing uneasiness, Tafdrup makes us question its protagonists, mirroring our society’s weakened limits of (re)action.” (Andrei Tănăsescu)
World Premiere: Sundance Film Festival, 2022
Director's biography
Christian Tafdrup (b. 1978, Denmark) graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts, worked as an actor and directed few shorts. He debuted as a feature film writer and director with mystery drama Parents in 2016. His second feature A Horrible Woman (2017) received commercial success across Europe. Tafdrup became known for his razor-sharp satirical tone in his films, where he mixes comedy and drama in order to examine the relation between people in our modern western society.
Director(s) - Christian Tafdrup
Screenwriter(s) - Christian Tafdrup, Mads Tafdrup
Actors - Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, Marius Damslev
Producer(s) - Jacob Jarek
Cinematographer - Erik Molberg Hansen
Editor(s) - Nicolaj Monberg
Sound -
Composer(s) - Sune Kølster
Sales agent -
Distributor - Kino Pavasaris Distribution
Production company -
Translation - Ieva Toleikytė
Dialogues - English, Dutch, Danish
Subtitles - Lithuanian, English
Director's biography
Christian Tafdrup (b. 1978, Denmark) graduated from The Danish National School of Performing Arts, worked as an actor and directed few shorts. He debuted as a feature film writer and director with mystery drama Parents in 2016. His second feature A Horrible Woman (2017) received commercial success across Europe. Tafdrup became known for his razor-sharp satirical tone in his films, where he mixes comedy and drama in order to examine the relation between people in our modern western society.
