Family Dinner

Family Dinner

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Family Dinner

2012

0h 15m

3.4(6 votes)

Drama

Romance

Overview

In the prosperous and chic apartment of the Christiansson family there are odd things going on. While Niclas is in the kitchen preparing dinner, in the bathroom an adultery is being committed through new technologies. Maja is exchanging kinky messages on her mobile phone from the bathtub while her husband and daughter are impatiently waiting for her to have a family dinner. Even when her phone is out of battery, she cannot bring herself to stop.

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3 featured cast members

Starring

Fanny Risberg

Fanny Risberg

Maja

Michael Jansson

Niclas

Fanny Garanger

Malin

Creative team

Directed by: Stefan Constantinescu

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