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Families Like Ours Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

7 Episodes 2024 - 2024

Episode 1

Sig nærmer tiden

Tue, Jun 10, 202549 mins

'Families like ours' begins in the middle of the Danish summer, when life goes on as usual. But like lightning from a clear sky, everything is torn apart. The rising water level can no longer be ignored, and the government decides that all of Denmark must be evacuated. All property is at once worthless, and houses and institutions are left alone, while families, friends and lovers are forced in separate directions. Those who can afford it travel to wealthy countries, while the less well-off depend on the state-funded program and must move wherever there is space. Chaos, division and powerlessness knock on the Danes. But despite the farewell to the homeland, the world still turns. In many places, love also grows, people are reconciled, and the hope of being reunited lives on. 'Families like ours' is a magnificent and intimate family drama about parting with our country and everything we know, and about people's indomitable will to survive, hope and love. Thomas Vinterberg's first drama series had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on 31 August. On their way out of Denmark and down through Europe, we follow a large Danish family and their closest relatives. We meet the two young students Laura (Amaryllis August) and Elias (Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt), who fall in love with each other. We meet Laura's divorced parents: her father, the successful architect Jacob (Nikolaj Lie Kaas), and her mother, the stressed-out science journalist Fanny (Paprika Steen). We also meet Jacob's new wife Amalie (Helene Reingaard Neumann), Amalie's brother Nikolaj (Esben Smed) and his husband Henrik (Magnus Millang), Henrik's unruly brother Peter (David Dencik), Fanny's brother Holger (Thomas Bo Larsen) and the boy Lucas ( Max Kaysen Høyrup) and his mother Christel (Asta Kamma August), who cross paths with the family.

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Episode 2

Fårene skilles fra bukkene

Tue, Jun 10, 202550 mins

Everyone expects Jacob to save the entire extended family - except for Fanny, who doesn't want to be a burden. Laura and Elias are getting closer every day.

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Episode 3

Stå, engle, på vagt

Tue, Jun 10, 202550 mins

To Laura's big horror, Fanny decides to not follow the family to Paris. At the estate, Nikolaj and Henrik are surprised by angry craftsmen, lead on by Peter.

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Episode 4

Farvel, Danmark

Tue, Jun 10, 202550 mins

Fanny is leaving, and Laura has to say goodbye. However, Laura changes her plans and embarks on a dangerous journey. Nikolaj and Henrik are hit with a horrible suspicion.

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Episode 5

Over alle grænser

Tue, Jun 10, 202550 mins

Most people have left Denmark by now. A concerned Jacob puts his entire family's welfare in jeopardy by asking the French police to find Laura.

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Episode 6

Alt, hvad der sker under himlen

Tue, Jun 10, 202550 mins

Elias is beaten within an inch of his life and left for dead at the Polish seaside. Laura is reunited with Fanny but fears she will never see Elias again.

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Episode 7

Jeg gør alting nyt

Tue, Jun 10, 202550 mins

Laura works hard building a life for herself in Bucharest, though she misses her family and friends during Christmas - especially Elias.

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