Rent a Family Inc. (2012)

Original title

Lej en familie A/S

Directed by

Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Genre

documentary film

Country

Denmark

Runtime

52 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a Danish company that rents out actors to play family members for people who need them. It shows the staged encounters and the reasons why clients hire these stand-ins.

observationalintimatehonestunderstatedpoignantthought-provokingquietneutral

What happens

Lej en familie A/S er en dokumentarfilm fra 2012 instrueret af Kaspar Astrup Schröder efter manuskript af Kaspar Astrup Schröder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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