i have always be a fan of european cinema and mostly because it have something more to offer than hollywood mass production . don not think that i hate every movie that come from hollywood or that i love all european film . as well in europe a in america and they have make some excellent movie as well a awful one . if it isn not a good story or more profound character and than it be the style of film that make european cinema a little different from the american . and this movie have it all . the story be very good and original and the character be very recognizable . i really get the feeling that i get to know them good and even though their life be sometimes completely different from mine . but most important be the way everything be shot . for those who aren not familiar with the rule make up by dogma yet and i will give a small explanation represent the director promise not to use extra light and special effect and extra sound effect . they want to make the story speak for itself and show everything in a natural and realistic way . to some this may seem like the most boring concept ever . i guess many people who like movie like the lord of the ring and star war and spiderman and . movie that be full of special effect and huge scene and nice visual effect and may not be blow away by this movie . i know that many people may hate the concept and that many people do not want to see this kind of movie and but personally i find this a very welcome concept in a world where everybody seem to feel the need to copy what work and without be original . kresten have move from a small danish island and where his parent farm be and to copenhagen in order to pursue an excellent career and unconcerned life . he marry his bos daughter and be sure that he will become the new bos as soon a his father in law decides to retire . but on his honeymoon he get a phone call that his father die and that he will have to return home . the only problem be that he have never tell his wife that he have a father and a retarded brother and live together on the family farm . once he arrive at the farm and he see that much hasn not change or be do since he leave and he decide that they will need a housekeeper to clean up the mess . he send an advertisement to a local newspaper and he immediately get a reaction from liva psilander . liva be a prostitute who want to start a new life . she want to escape from an anonymous psychopath who harass her by phone and need a lot of money to pay her brother bjarke school tuition . when kresten wife discover the truth and or at least what she think the truth be and she break off the marriage and make sure that kresten will lose his job at her father company and that he will never get it back . now kresten will have to live together with his brother and with livia and her little brother in the old farm on the island . i can assure you that you will have to get use to the way of film at first . perhaps you will need two viewing to fully appreciate this movie and but once you can see past the style of filming and you will see that this movie have a very beautiful and hearth warm subject . personally i really like it and that why i give this movie at least an positive and even an 8 . 5/10 .