The Party

"A comedy of tragic proportions"

2017 1h 11m EN

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6.3

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★6.3TMDB · 625

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Synopsis

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Various individuals think they’re coming together for a party in a private home, but a series of revelations results in a huge crisis that throws their belief systems – and their values – into total disarray.

“A comedy of tragic proportions”

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Cast

Patricia Clarkson
April
Cherry Jones
Martha
Kristin Scott Thomas
Janet
Bruno Ganz
Godfried
Timothy Spall
Bill
Emily Mortimer
Jinny
Cillian Murphy
Tom

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Sally Potter
Writers: Sally Potter, Walter Donohue
Languages: English
Countries: Denmark, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 9 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Sally Potter, shot by Alexey Rodionov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Emilie Orsini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Patricia Clarkson and Cherry Jones and Kristin Scott Thomas carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A comedy of tragic proportions".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt5814592 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Sally Potter directs. Alexey Rodionov behind the camera. Emilie Orsini cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Denmark, United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 71-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 9 years ago.
3International production across 2 countries: Denmark, United Kingdom.
4Directed by Sally Potter, shot by Alexey Rodionov. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Emilie Orsini shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Patricia Clarkson and Cherry Jones and Kristin Scott Thomas carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "A comedy of tragic proportions".
8IMDB entry: tt5814592 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "politics", "gun", "pregnancy", "tragedy".

The technical file

Cinematography: Alexey Rodionov
Editing: Emilie Orsini
Production design: Carlos Conti
Costume design: Jane Petrie
Makeup / hair: Naomi Donne
VFX supervisor: Martin Madsen
Sound: Anne Jensen
Stunt coordinator: Marc Cass
Runtime: 71 min · 1h 11m
Status: Released
Box office: $5,597,950
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Party (2017)

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CinemaSerf2024-05-12
★ 6/10
Yikes, if you thought Abigail had a noxious party, just be glad you didn't get an invitation to this one! "Janet" (Dame Kristen Scott Thomas) receives a call telling her of an important ministerial promotion in the government and some of her friends are coming round to congratulate her. Meantime, her husband (Timothy Spall) is sitting listlessly in a chair supping some wine. As the plaudits fly around the room, he casually makes an announcement that rather rains on his wife's parade. This, however, is just the start of the evening's woes as it turns out that just about everyone has some kind of secret to keep and tempers are about to flare! Spall's "Bill" is probably the most impactful of the characters. Though he actually says very little, he still manages to set the cat amongst these dysfunctional pigeons with aplomb. Thereafter, it's not the most plausible of scenarios - if only because few of these characters would ever be friends in a real scenario. Bruno Ganz delivers some ridiculous one-liners decrying just about everything the West has to offer and Cillian Murphy seems to spend most of his time looking for a flat surface. It's all perfectly toxic, but woefully undercooked and seems more contrived to force animus than to be a remotely realistic gathering of people who share the same friend - even if she is a politician. It's short and sweet, but has too much of the stage play about it and leaves too much of the story outside.

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