Janet hosts a party to celebrate a promotion, but once the guests arrive it becomes clear that not everything is going to go down as smoothly as the red wine. To celebrate her long-awaited prestigious post as a Shadow Minister for Health and, hopefully, the stepping stone to party leadership, the newly-appointed British opposition politician, Janet, is throwing a party for friends at her London flat. Of course, in this select and intimate soirée, apart from Bill - Janet's self-denying academic husband - a motley crew of elite hand-picked guests have been invited: There's April, the sourly cynical American best friend; her unlikely German husband, Gottfried; there's also Jinny and Martha; and finally, Tom, the smooth banker in the impeccable suit. But inevitably, before dinner is served, the upbeat ambience will shatter to pieces, as festering secrets will start surfacing in this perfect domestic war-zone. Undoubtedly, after this night, things will never be the same again.

Keywords

• Berlinale
• British Cinema
• Escape to London
• Cinema noir & blanc
• Just released
• Premios Goya
• Satirical films
• Teddy Awards
• Vive la Fête
• politics

Actors

• Kristin Scott Thomas
• Patricia Clarkson
• Timothy Spall
• Cillian Murphy
• Bruno Ganz
• Emily Mortimer
• Cherry Jones

Director

• Sally Potter