Thomas Vinterberg, who had gained worldwide recognition with The Celebration (1998), made two very expensive English-language flops, It's All About Love (2003) and Dear Wendy (2005), then tried to retrace his roots with a smaller Danish-language production, En mand kommer hjem (2007), which also flopped painfully, selling only 28.472 tickets.
Thomas Vinterberg, kes oli saavutanud ülemaailmse kuulsuse filmiga Festen (1998), tegi kaks väga kallist ingliskeelset filmi, It's All About Love (2003) ja Dear Wendy (2005), mis põrusid kinodes, ja seejärel proovis väiksema taanikeelse filmiga En mand kommer hjem (2007), mis samuti läbi põrus, müües kinodes vaid 28 472 piletit.