VFF Best of The Fest: Party

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Thursday, April 12th, 2018
Wed, Apr 11 at 5:30pm Thu, Apr 12 at 5:30pm Mon, Apr 16 at 7:45 Tue, Apr 17 at 7:45 Wed, Apr 18 at 7:45 Thu, Apr 19 at 7:45

Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just been appointed Shadow Minister of Health, the crowning achievement of her career, and decides to celebrate by hosting a dinner party for a few close friends. But as the guests arrive, her husband Bill (Timothy Spall) makes a shocking announcement, leading to a cascade of explosive revelations and unravelling the soirée even before the canapés are served. As people’s illusions about themselves and each other – whether romantic, political or existential – go up in smoke, a night that began with champagne ends with blood on the floor.

The Party’s award-winning writer/director Sally Potter describes her film as an anti-Brexit statement about a ‘broken England’ which comes through brilliantly thanks in part to the all-star cast including Patricia Clarkson, Emily Mortimer, Cillian Murphy, and Bruno Ganz. It is a dark, savage satire of the British bourgeois, exploring the deeper truths behind seemingly liberal convictions with insight and a killer wit.