A Banquet
Synopsis
Widowed mother Holly (Guillory) is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey (Alexander) experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat, but loses no weight. In an agonising dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2021 - Discovery - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2021 - Cult
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 97 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Ruth Paxton 1st Feature
- Producer
- Leonora Darby, Mark Lane, James Harris, Nick Bower, Laura Vaysse
- Executive Producer
- Jeremy Baxter, Patrick Fischer, Richard Kondal, Deepak Nayar
- Editor
- Matyas Fekete
- Screenwriter
- Justin Bull
- Director of Photography
- David Liddell
- Production Designer
- Sofia Stocco
- Sound
- Phil Freudenfeld
- Music
- CJ Mirra
- Principal cast
- Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, Lindsay Duncan
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Sales Company
HanWay Films
8 Basing StreetLondon W11 1ET
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