Den store badedag

Looking back on his childhood, the man in this film narrates the story of one of his life's major turning points. As a boy living in Copenhagen in the '30s, he had always looked up to his father, an odd, loving, and at times overwhelming man. He was particularly in awe of the adventures his father had on the Argentine pampas. One day, his father causes a ruckus at the zoo by claiming the llamas there aren't the genuine article because then didn't spit at him. Not long after that, he invites some new neighbors to join him and his family on an excursion to the beach. Inadvertently, as he listens to his father conversing with these new acquaintances, he figures out that his father's great claims were all made up. - Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide