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The Party

Synopsis

A comedy wrapped around a tragedy, which unfolds in real time in a house in London in the present day. Janet is hosting an intimate gathering of friends to celebrate her promotion to Shadow Minister of Health in the party of opposition. Her husband, Bill, seems preoccupied. As their friends arrive, some of whom have their own dramatic news to share, the soirée gradually unravels. An announcement by Bill provokes a series of revelations that rapidly escalate into all-out confrontation. As people’s illusions about themselves and each other go up in smoke, along with the canapes, the party becomes a night that began with champagne but ends with blood on the floor.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Special Presentation

Details

Year
2017
Type of film
Features
Running time
71 mins
Director
Sally Potter
Producer
Christopher Sheppard, Kurban Kassam
Editor
Emilie Orsini, Anders Refn
Screenwriter
Sally Potter
Director of Photography
Alexey Rodionov
Production Designer
Carlos Conti
Principal cast
Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Adventure Pictures

6 Blackbird Yard
Ravenscroft Street
London
E2 7RP

Great Point Media

3rd Floor
14 Floral Street
London
WC2E 9DH

Sales Company

Great Point Media (World sales excluding North America)

3rd Floor
14 Floral Street
London
WC2E 9DH

ICM Partners representing (North America sales)

Peter Trinh
10250 Constellation Blvd, 9th Floor
Los Angeles
CA 90067
USA

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