THE PARTY (15) – 2017 UK 71 min

Director: Sally Potter
Stars: Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Kristin Scott Thomas

 

Image of film appears here

Politician Janet is celebrating her new cabinet post by holding a little soirée with her academic husband Bill, some old friends and their partners, plus a smooth-talking banker. What could possibly go wrong?

image of film appears here

Some long-hidden secrets and smoking guns, perhaps? Playing out in real time, director Potter delivers an observant, droll, just-absurd-enough farce, with Scott Thomas holding the film together as our dubious heroine. “A short, sharp, funny shock of a movie” (The Guardian).

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Plus a BRIT School Showcase film, screened in partnership with the School’s Film & Media Production department.
For this film we are showing Storybook Ending (3.35 mins), directed by Harry Holland. A little girl must find all her childhood friends before bedtime.

 David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Wednesday 13 December 2017

Show starts at 7.30 pm, ticket prices: £8.00 & £6.50 (concessions)

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THE PARTY (15) – 2017 UK 71 min

Screenings 2.30 pm & 7.30 pm
7.30 sold out. Extra screening 13 December.
Director: Sally Potter
Stars: Timothy Spall, Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Kristin Scott Thomas

 

Image of film appears here

Politician Janet is celebrating her new cabinet post by holding a little soirée with her academic husband Bill, some old friends and their partners, plus a smooth-talking banker. What could possibly go wrong?

image of film appears here

Some long-hidden secrets and smoking guns, perhaps? Playing out in real time, director Potter delivers an observant, droll, just-absurd-enough farce, with Scott Thomas holding the film together as our dubious heroine. “A short, sharp, funny shock of a movie” (The Guardian).

[fvplayer src=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-FuSuWienM”]

Plus a BRIT School Showcase film, screened in partnership with the School’s Film & Media Production department.

For November we are showing ‘In the Middle of Nowhere’ (3.09 mins), directed by Lauryn Jackman. In this poetic film, a young woman searches for her identity.
 
A different film will be shown at selected screenings each month.

David Lean Cinema, Croydon on Thursday 30 November 2017

Shows start at 2.30 pm & 7.30 pm, ticket prices: £8.00 & £6.50 (concessions)

Click on time to make a booking (if you get Cookie Error? see here…….)