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“Your future is lying there. Pick it up.” Quiver Distr. has debuted their official trailer for the film titled The Birthday Party, directed by Spanish filmmaker Miguel Ángel Jiménez (of Seagull, The Night Watchman, Window to the Sea). This originally premiered at the Locarno Film Festival last year (we posted the trailer then, too) and is now set for US release in June this summer. Willem Dafoe stars as Marcos Timoleon, a wealthy Greek businessman, who’s hosting his daughter’s 25th birthday party on his own island. Unforeseen events unfold, jeopardizing his power and challenging his entire life’s foundations. It’s set in the late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean, where Marcos Timoleon, an Aristotle Onassis-like tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday for his daughter and sole heiress. The filmmaker explains: “The Birthday Party is a film about power, legacy, love mistaken for possession, and the quiet violence within privilege – set on a paradise island that slowly reveals itself as a prison.” Along with Dafoe, this stars Vic Carmen Sonne, Joe Cole, Emma Suárez, Christos Stergioglou, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, and Elsa Lekakou. I’m very intrigued by this film – especially with Dafoe as Dad handling this prickly & complex lead role. Have a look. // Continue Reading ›
