The Party
Competition 2017
GBR 2017
by: Sally Potter
Timothy Spall
The Party
Competition 2017
GBR 2017
by: Sally Potter
Timothy Spall, Cillian Murphy, Emily Mortimer, Patricia Clarkson
The Party
Competition 2017
GBR 2017
by: Sally Potter
Patricia Clarkson
The Party
Competition 2017
GBR 2017
by: Sally Potter
Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz
The Party
Competition 2017
GBR 2017
by: Sally Potter
Cherry Jones
The Party
Competition 2017
GBR 2017
by: Sally Potter
Kristin Scott Thomas
The Party
Competition 2017
GBR 2017
by: Sally Potter
Sally Potter
Feb 13, 2017Timothy Spall, Bruno Ganz, Kristin Scott Thomas, Cillian Murphy, Sally Potter, Patricia Clarkson
The team on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 13, 2017Dieter Kosslick, Sally Potter
Welcome! The Festival Director and the director.
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Feb 13, 2017Kristin Scott Thomas
The actress on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 13, 2017Patricia Clarkson
The actress on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 13, 2017Kristin Scott Thomas
Original and copy. The actress signing autographs at the Red Carpet.
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Feb 13, 2017Timothy Spall, Bruno Ganz, Sally Potter, Kristin Scott Thomas
Before the premiere.
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Feb 13, 2017Cillian Murphy
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Feb 13, 2017Bruno Ganz, Sally Potter
Hello! The actor and the director on the Red Carpet.
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Feb 13, 2017Kristin Scott Thomas
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Feb 13, 2017Bruno Ganz
The actor in the Berlinale VIP Club.
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Feb 13, 2017Cillian Murphy
The actor in the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 13, 2017Patricia Clarkson, Sally Potter
A good team: the main actress and the director in the Berlinale Palast.
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Feb 13, 2017Timothy Spall
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Feb 13, 2017Patricia Clarkson
At the premiere.
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Feb 13, 2017Kristin Scott Thomas
The actress at the Press Conference.
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Kurban Kassam (Producer), Cillian Murphy (Actor), Kristin Scott Thomas (Actress), Bruno Ganz (Actor), Sally Potter (Director, Screenwriter), Timothy Spall (Actor), Patricia Clarkson (Actress), Christopher Sheppard (Producer), Moderation: Jenni Zylka
Janet has just been appointed minister in the shadow cabinet – the crowning achievement of her political career. She and her husband Bill plan to celebrate this with a few close friends. The guests arrive at their home in London but the party takes an unexpected turn for the worse when Bill suddenly makes two explosive revelations that shock Janet and everyone present to the core. Love, friendships, political convictions and a whole way of life are now called into question. Underneath their cultivated liberal left-wing surface people are seething. Their dispute leads to the big guns being brought out – even in a literal sense.
For her eighth theatrical feature British director and screenwriter Sally Potter, who last took part in the Berlinale Competition with Rage in 2009, has invited a stellar cast to join her party. Beginning as a subtly witty comedy replete with sharp-tongued dialogue, the film later veers off into tragedy. When life can no longer be controlled by reason, people will fight tooth and nail to protect their seemingly stable existence.
by
Sally Potter
United Kingdom 2017
English
71’ · Black/White
Patricia Clarkson (April)Bruno Ganz (Gottfried)Cherry Jones (Martha)Emily Mortimer (Jinny)Cillian Murphy (Tom)Kristin Scott Thomas (Janet)Timothy Spall (Bill)
Born in London, UK, she made her first 8mm film when she was 14, followed by short experimental films. Since 1969, she has also worked as a performance artist, choreographer, dancer and musician. Her international breakthrough as a film director came in 1992 with her Oscar-nominated adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel “Orlando”. Her films The Gold Diggers, The London Story, Yes, Rage and The Party have all screened at the Berlinale.
Filmography1969 Jerk; short film · Jerk; short film 1970 Play; short film · Play; short film 1971 Hors d’oeuvres; short film · Hors d’oeuvres; short film 1979 Thriller · Thriller 1983 The Gold Diggers · The Gold Diggers 1986 The London Story; short film · The London Story; short film 1987 Tears, Laughter, Fears and Rage; TV series · Tears, Laughter, Fears and Rage; TV series 1988 I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman; documentary · Women Filmmakers in Russia; Documentary 1992 Orlando · Orlando 1996 The Tango Lesson (Tango-Fieber) · The Tango Lesson (Tango-Fieber) 2000 The Man Who Cried (In stürmischen Zeiten) · The Man Who Cried (In stürmischen Zeiten) 2004 Yes · Yes 2009 Rage · Rage 2012 Ginger & Rosa · Ginger & Rosa 2017 The Party · The Party 2020 The Roads Not Taken
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2020
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