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Happy birthday (1985)

Happy birthday poster
Directed by
Jenő Farkas
Genre
documentary film
Country
Denmark
Runtime
53 min

How it feels

A documentary about a Danish family with five children who gather to celebrate one child's birthday. It shows the day from the children's perspectives, from a baby in a playpen to an older boy who calls it a typical Danish family scene.

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What happens

Happy birthday er en dansk dokumentarfilm fra 1985 med instruktion og manuskript af Jenö Farkas. Historien om en familie med fem børn, som samles for at fejre et af børnenes fødselsdag. Det er en historie om en ganske almindelig festdag i en ganske almindelig dansk familie - set og oplevet af børnene, fra barnet i kravlegården til den store knægt, der karakteriserer det som "en gang dansk familieflip". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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