The Guest

The Guest — Plot

At a luxury seaside hotel, Karl and Emilie are preparing for their son’s naming party, when Karl’s estranged mother, Vibeke, suddenly turns up uninvited. Karl want’s her gone, but his sister, Rikke, insists there won’t be any issues. Over one tense weekend, old patterns and buried wounds surface in front of in-laws and guests — until the celebration fractures into a collision.

• Release date
• November 5, 2026
• Runtime
• 99 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Mads Mengel

The Guest — Cast

Trine Dyrholm Vibeke Simon Bennebjerg Karl Josephine Park Rikke

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Mette Klakstein Emilie Peter Gantzler Frank Petrine Agger Kirsten