FRED's Interview: Amaryllis August, Thomas Vinterberg - FAMILIER SOM VORES (FAMILIES LIKE OURS)

At FRED Film Radio, Amaryllis August and Thomas Vinterberg, actress and director of FAMILIER SOM VORES (FAMILIES LIKE OURS) (Out of Competition - Series) at the #venezia81

Interview by David Martos


FAMILIER SOM VORES (FAMILIES LIKE OURS)
Countries disappear, love remains. Denmark, in a not-too-distant future. The rising water levels can no longer be ignored and the country needs to be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything changes. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes shift, and luck favours only a few. Those who can afford it travel to affluent countries, while the less well-off depend on government-funded relocation to more challenging destinations. Families, friends, and loved ones are separated. Some will be overcome by hatred and division, while others will nurture love and foster new beginnings. Against this backdrop, we meet Laura, a high school student in love for the first time and on the cusp of graduation. When news of the evacuation breaks, the course of Laura and her family’s lives is changed forever, and Laura is forced into the impossible dilemma of choosing between the three people she loves the most.