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‘Families Like Ours’ Director Thomas Vinterberg On His Apocalyptic Series: “I Started Thinking, What Would Happen If We Became The Refugees?”

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While the issue of refugees and economic migrants continues to dominate world headlines, Denmark’s Thomas Vinterberg has found an ingenious way to turn the situation on its head.

With his seven-part series Families Like Ours, Vinterberg posits an imagined but not too far-fetched scenario in which his homeland is forced, literally, to close down.

Flooding is coming, but, rather than wait, the government has been cooking up a plan to rehouse those who don’t have the resources to flee to Europe’s wealthier countries.

Drawing on the realistic but empathetic style shown in films such as Festen, It’s All About Love and Another Round, for which he won an Oscar, Vinterberg casts his eye over a handful of protagonists caught up in the madness.

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