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The Invitation

1973 · 100 min

A slow, observant social comedy where polite office masks slip over one long evening, leaving a quiet aftertaste of regret.

Overview
Rémi, a confirmed bachelor and model bureaucrat, invites his colleagues and superiors to a magnificent house to celebrate an inheritance. Under the influence of drink, they drop all pretence and reveal their true selves. But what will remain of this brief interlude the following day?

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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • work
  • morality
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Claude Goretta
Written by
Claude Goretta, Michel Viala
Starring
Jean-Luc Bideau, Jean Champion, Corinne Coderey, Neige Dolsky, Jacques Rispal, Michel Robin, Rosine Rochette, François Simon
Music
Patrick Moraz
Cinematography
Jean Zeller
Runtime
100 min
Country
France, Switzerland
Languages
French

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