Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Families Like Ours’ Refugee Series Official Trailer
by Alex Billington
October 3, 2024
Source: YouTube
“Hold me tight while your still beats and warms.” Studiocanal has revealed the full trailer for an intriguing series called Families Like Ours, made by acclaimed Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg (director of The Hunt, The Commune, Another Round). It just premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival in their “Series” section, and debuts streaming in Denmark (more countries later) in October. In a not-too-distant future, Denmark faces total evacuation due to rising water levels (climate change is definitely going to ruin everything whether we like it or not). As the nation of ~6 million people prepares to leave their homes, high school student Laura must choose between her divorced parents and the boy she’s fallen in love with. It’s a clever flip on the refugee crisis the world is experiencing already – what if wealthy, white people in Denmark had to flee their homes and move to other countries. What would happen? The full ensemble cast includes Amaryllis August, Albert Rudbeck Lindhardt, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Paprika Steen, David Dencik, Helene Reingaard Neumann, Magnus Millang, Esben Smed, Thomas Bo Larsen, Asta Kamma August. This is an intense, riveting thriller about how disruptive it is to have to find somewhere else to live.
Here’s the full official trailer (+ poster) for Thomas Vinterberg’s series Families Like Ours, on YouTube:
You can rewatch the teaser trailer for Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours series right here for more footage.
Full intro via Venice: “Countries disappear, love remains. Denmark, in a not-too-distant future. The rising water levels can no longer be ignored, the country must be evacuated. As people disperse in all directions, they must bid farewell to what they love, what they know, and even who they are. Slowly but steadily, everything is different. All property becomes worthless, all fortunes change, 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 are changed forever, and Laura is forced into the impossible dilemma of choosing between the three people she loves the most…” 🇩🇰
Families Like Ours, also known as Familier Som Vores, is a mini-series created & written by Danish writers Bo Hr. Hansen (of Wild Witch, Resin, Erna at War, A Lucky Man, “Bullshit”) & Thomas Vinterberg (director of The Third Lie, It’s All About Love, Dear Wendy, When a Man Comes Home, Submarino, The Hunt, Far from the Madding Crowd, The Commune, Kursk, Another Round). All of the 7 episodes are also directed by Thomas Vinterberg. The series is produced by Zentropa Ent. (Sisse Graum Jørgensen, Kasper Dissing), with StudioCanal (Ron Halpern, Anna Marsh), CANAL+ (Olivier Bibas, Morgane Perrolier, Louise Gigon), and TV 2 Denmark (Jennifer Green, Katrine Vogelsang). The series is premiering at the 2024 Venice Film Festival right now. Studiocanal will debut the Families Like Ours series streaming on TV2 in Denmark on October 20th, 2024 coming soon. No release dates in the UK or US are set yet. Who wants to watch?