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The Birthday Cake

2021 · 93 min

A tense, brooding mob-night crawl where family loyalty curdles into dread and one young man's world quietly collapses.

Directed by
Jimmy Giannopoulos
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Shiloh Fernandez, Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer
Tagline
Revenge never tasted so sweet
Overview
On the 10th anniversary of his father's death, Giovanni reluctantly accepts the task of bringing a cake to the home of his uncle, a mob boss, for a celebration. Just two hours into the night, Gio's life is forever changed.

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Directed by
Jimmy Giannopoulos
Genres
Crime, Thriller
Starring
Shiloh Fernandez, Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • betrayal
  • grief
  • crime
  • loyalty
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
crime, thriller
Directed by
Jimmy Giannopoulos
Written by
Diomedes Raul Bermudez, Jimmy Giannopoulos, Shiloh Fernandez
Starring
Shiloh Fernandez, Ewan McGregor, Val Kilmer, Lorraine Bracco, William Fichtner, Aldis Hodge, Penn Badgley, Jeremy Allen White
Music
Tim Sandusky, Jimmy Giannopoulos
Cinematography
Sean Price Williams
Runtime
93 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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