The Party
The Party

The Party

  • 2017 film

Black and white satirical comedy about a politician's dinner party. Stars Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones and more.

The Party

Key details

Genre
Film
Released
2017
Stars
Kristin Scott Thomas, Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer and Cillian Murphy
Writer
Sally Potter
Director
Sally Potter
Producers
Kurban Kassam, Christopher Sheppard, John Giwa-Amu, Robert Halmi Jr. and Jim Reeve
Companies

Janet has just been appointed Shadow Minister for Health and has invited some friends around to celebrate. Her dazed husband seems happy enough to see razor-tongued April, but struggles to check his intolerance of flagrant new-ager Gottfried.

Next to arrive are Martha, described by April as 'a first-class lesbian and a second-rate thinker', and her wife Jinny, but things seriously derail when unhinged and chemically-enhanced banker Tom bursts in looking for his wife.

Dinner always appears to be on the cusp of being served but never quite arrives.

Additional details

Tagline
A comedy of tragic proportions
UK certificate
15
Duration
71 minutes
UK release
Friday 13th October 2017
Produced
2016
UK premiere
Monday 13th February 2017, Berlin International Film Festival
Distributors

Picturehouse Entertainment

Production
Location
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white

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