Party

Nominee
Golden Bear
Berlin International Film Festival
Winner
Guild Film Prize
Berlin International Film Festival
Demonstrates what can happen when a filmmaker takes on a well-worn cinematic subgenre...and strips it down to its blistering bare-bones essence.
-- Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times

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The Party

In Sally Potter’s new dark comedy THE PARTY, Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) is hosting an intimate gathering of friends in her London home to celebrate her political ascension, while her husband, Bill (Timothy Spall), seems preoccupied. Janet’s acerbic best friend, April (Patricia Clarkson) arrives and others follow, some with their own dramatic news to share, but an announcement by Bill provokes a series of revelations that gradually unravel the sophisticated soiree, and a night that began with champagne may end with gunplay.
R
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Women and Film
Runtime
71
Language
English
Director
Sally Potter
Cast
Kristin Scott Thomas, Bruno Ganz, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy
Awards:
Nominee, Golden Bear, Berlin International Film Festival
Winner, Guild Film Prize, Berlin International Film Festival
FEATURED REVIEW
Glenn Kenny, RogerEbert.com

Sally Potter is a filmmaker who deserves to be more decisively seen and heard. I’m not one for avidly going to bat for socially-purposeful art, but I dare say that Potter, whose films have long addressed gender identity, political commitment, feminism, capitalism, and other concerns is absolutely ...

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