The Birthday Party
1968
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Synopsis
Based on Harold Pinter's enigmatic play about a boarder in a British seaside dwelling who is visited by two strangers. They torment him verbally, ask him idiotic unanswerable questions, force him to sit down and stand up, and give him a "party". Then, eventually, they take him away, a tongue-tied idiot. The trivial becomes the terrible, and with it a certain wonder, a certain pity.
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Original language
English
Production companies
American Broadcasting Company
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Festival History
Titles
| Original title | The Birthday Party | |
| Alternate title | L'Anniversaire |
Source: Cinémathèque québécoise, linked catalogue data (CC BY 4.0)
