“Family is family,” notes a character at the beginning of Danish director Mads Mengel’s low-key but emotionally gripping three-hander The Guest, at a point in time when the biggest problem facing Karl (Simon Bennebjerg) and Emilie (Mette Klakstein Wiberg) — the proud middle-class parents of newborn baby Elliot — is whether to order asparagus or salmon as the starter option for their child’s lavish christening party. What could possibly go wrong? We’re about to find out; not only is there a clue in the title, Mengel also gives us a tantalisingly brief close-up shot of a moving car, the safety
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