71 mins – United Kingdom 2017 – Dir: Sally Potter Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Cillian Murphy and Patricia Clarkson Sally Potter dazzled the film world with her dynamic adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s ORLANDO in 1992. The 2017 black comedy THE PARTY, which she made in her late sixties, is proof that she has only whetted this sharp edge as she has gotten older. Janet (Kristen Scott Thomas) is a newly appointed parliamentary minister. She and her husband, Bill, bring their closest friends together for a dinner party to celebrate at their swanky London townhouse. With a star-studded cast that includes Patricia Clarkson, Cillian Murphy, Emily Mortimer and Timothy Spall, Potter spares no character in this acerbic and irreverent comedy on the relationships and tribulations of the waspishly wealthy. THE PARTY is screening as part of the Reframing Ageing: The Cinema of Older Women season. “THE PARTY is whip-smart satire at its very best.” FILMINK
Reframing Ageing: The Cinema of Older Women “Getting older, colour does me good.” - Agnes Varda to The Gentlewoman, 2018 With a burst of ingénue female filmmakers in recent years,
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