Midnight Screenings · 47th Edition
The Birthday Party
Director
Lea Mysius
Country
France
Runtime
1 h 43 min
Language
French
Synopsis
Thomas, Nora and their teenage daughter Ida live on remote marshland. Social contact is limited, as they only have one neighbour, Cristina, an Italian painter. As the two households plan a surprise birthday party for Nora, strange disturbances begin to occur and unease rolls over the marsh.
Cast
Hafsia Herzi, Benoît Magimel, Bastien Bouillon, Monica Bellucci
Screenplay
Laurent Mauvignier, Léa Mysius
Producers
Heretic
About the Director
After studying literature, she joined La Fémis, graduating from the screenwriting department in 2014. She directed three award-winning short films selected at numerous festivals: Exquisite Corpse, Thunderbirds, presented at the Cinéfondation, and The Yellow Island, co-directed with Paul Guilhaume.
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