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The Birthday Party (2025)

The Birthday Party poster
Directed by
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Genre
drama film
Country
United Kingdom, Greece, Spain
Runtime
1h 43m
Rated
16+
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family gathers for a birthday celebration in a remote villa. Personal tensions and hidden secrets begin to surface as the event unfolds.

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What happens

The Birthday Party is a 2025 drama film co-written and directed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, based on the 2007 novel of the same name by Panos Karnezis. It stars Willem Dafoe, Vic Carmen Sonne, Joe Cole, and Emma Suárez. The film had its world premiere in the Piazza Grande section of the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 7 August 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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