When a Man Comes Home

When a Man Comes Home

Directed by Thomas Vinterberg

Produced by Nimbus Film, Breidablick Film AB

2007100 min4.9 / 10

A charming small-town comedy about romantic entanglement and social upheaval sparked by a famous opera singer's homecoming and a kitchen boy's sudden passion.

A small provincial town is buzzing with excitement: the town´s most illustrious son, a world-famous opera singer, is coming home. Meanwhile, Sebastian, a kitchen boy who is as good as married, falls head over heels in love with the new maid, Maria. Their love affair, along with rumours that the opera singer and the kitchen boy are related, turns the town upside down, threatening to ruin everyone´s high expectations and the opera singer´s triumphant return.

Questions people ask

  • Is When a Man Comes Home violent? No. Less violent than 92% of films.

  • Is When a Man Comes Home easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 77% of films.

  • Does When a Man Comes Home end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 70% of films.

  • Is When a Man Comes Home sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

  • Is When a Man Comes Home scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

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7/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity12

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise4

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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