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 stayathome 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 taboofree look at the exquisite torture of parenthood