Velkommen til familien
Velkommen til familien — a Norwegian Christmas film
Oscar-nominated Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas invites you to the most awkward and funniest family gathering of the Christmas season.
In «Velkommen til familien», she plays Elisabeth, who lives with her boyfriend Espen and works as a psychologist. This Christmas, Elisabeth will finally meet Espen’s family in his hometown of Kristiansand. She has a somewhat difficult family background of her own and hopes her potential in-laws will be warm and welcoming. But the Dvergsnes family is anything but. They are only capable of making small talk about practical matters, and avoid all topics involving feelings at any cost. On Christmas Eve, the family’s grandmother begins acting strangely. When no one will talk about it or do anything about it, Elisabeth starts to wonder who she is really with.
The film is directed by Even Hafnor and is based on his own Gullstol-winning short film «Small Talk». It has also been performed annually as a stage play in his hometown of Kristiansand. Apart from Lilleaas, the film features only amateur actors, including Hafnor’s own parents.
Runtime: 1 hour 35 minutes. Age limit: TBC 2D, Norwegian audio, Norwegian subtitles Screen 4
