The Birthday Party (2025)

Directed by

Miguel Ángel Jiménez

Genre

drama film

Country

United Kingdom, Greece, Netherlands, Spain

Rated

16+

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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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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