The Shooting Party (1985)

Directed by

Alan Bridges

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia, United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 27 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1913, a group of English aristocrats gather for a pheasant shoot on a country estate. The film contrasts their privileged world with the lives of the local poor who work the land and drive the game for them.

elegiacbittersweetleisurelyobservationalnostalgicclass-consciousstatelymelancholic

What happens

The Shooting Party is a 1984 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges and based on the book of the same name by Isabel Colegate. The film is set in 1913, less than a year before the beginning of the First World War, and shows a vanishing way of life among English aristocrats, focusing on a shooting party gathered for pheasant shooting. Their situation is contrasted with the life of the local rural poor, who work on the estate and during the shoot serve as beaters, driving the game. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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