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The Birthday Party

2026 · 103 min

A slow-burning, tense gathering where family tensions and hidden agendas simmer beneath a lavish celebration.

Directed by
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Willem Dafoe, Emma Suárez, Joe Cole
Tagline
Family is the most serious business.
Overview
The late 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean: Marcos Timoleon, a tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia on his exclusive private island. The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas.

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Directed by
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Genres
Drama
Starring
Willem Dafoe, Emma Suárez, Joe Cole
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • power
  • class
  • betrayal
  • ambition
Places
  • single country house
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Written by
Giorgos Karnavas, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Nicos Panayotopoulos
Starring
Willem Dafoe, Emma Suárez, Joe Cole, Vic Carmen Sonne, Christos Stergioglou, Carlos Cuevas, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Francesc Garrido
Cinematography
Gris Jordana
Runtime
103 min
Country
Greece, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy
Languages
English, Greek, Spanish

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