THE BIRTHDAY PARTY / ANIVERSAREA
Director: Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Vic Carmen Sonne, Joe Cole, Emma Suárez, Carlos Cuevas
Drama
Greece / Spain / The Netherlands / UK – 2025 – 103 min
In English, Spanish and Greek, with Romanian and English subtitles
At the end of the 1970s, somewhere in the Mediterranean, Marcos Timoleon, a tycoon reminiscent of Aristotle Onassis, throws an extravagant birthday party on his private island for Sofia, his daughter and sole heir. The event becomes the perfect opportunity for the people around him to get closer to Marcos, each pursuing their own interests. Accustomed to controlling everything and everyone without scruples, regardless of the cost, Marcos is secretly preparing an important decision concerning his daughter. Sofia, however, has arrived with important news of her own.
Festivals and awards:
The film had its world premiere at the 2025 Locarno Film Festival, in the Piazza Grande section.