Daddy

Brendan an American anthropologist used to wander the planet exploring human nature in all its forms and beauty. But today he has to embark on a very different project. After falling in love with a Danish woman he ends up a stay-at-home dad of two toddlers in Copenhagen and his own boring life as a caregiver becomes his only object of study. Once unable to conform to a conventional lifestyle he now discovers the few joys and many hardships of child rearing as well as the bizarre culture of hygge that surrounds him. Abandoned by his mother as a kid Brendan swore to never inflict the same trauma on his children but he suddenly understands the prison she found herself in: “We need to find another word than love for this” he ponders. Filmed over five years this tragicomic diary is a relatable taboo-free look at the exquisite torture of parenthood.