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When a Man Comes Home

When a Man Comes Home

20074.91h 40m

Overview

A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatening to ruin everyone´s high expectations and the opera singer´s triumphant return.

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Written by Morten Kaufmann, Mogens Rukov
Produced by Morten Kaufmann
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Top Cast

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Oliver Møller-Knauer

Sebastian

Ronja Mannov Olesen

Ronja Mannov Olesen

Maria

Helene Reingaard Neumann

Helene Reingaard Neumann

Claudia

Thomas Bo Larsen

Thomas Bo Larsen

Hans Kristian Schmidt

Karen-Lise Mynster

Karen-Lise Mynster

Sebastians mor

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Nicolaj Kopernikus

Sebastians far

Morten Grunwald

Morten Grunwald

Direktøren

Ulla Henningsen

Ulla Henningsen

Onkel Anna

Shanti Roney

Shanti Roney

Kokken

Paw Henriksen

Paw Henriksen

Peter

Themes & Keywords

hotelsmall towndenmarkmaidgay parentopera singer

About When a Man Comes Home

When a Man Comes Home is a comedy film released in 2007 exploring themes of hotel, small town, denmark, maid, gay parent, opera singer. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg, it stars Oliver Møller-Knauer, Ronja Mannov Olesen, Helene Reingaard Neumann. A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatening to ruin everyone´s high expectations and the opera singer´s triumphant return.

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