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The Birthday Party

2026-04-17 · 103 min · ★ 5.1

Drama

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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Directors
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Production companies
Lemming Film, Heretic, Fasten Films, Birthday Party, Raucous Pictures, Kalamata Film, ERT, Eolo Film Productions, Frontstage
Countries
Greece, Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Willem DafoeWillem DafoeMarcos Timoleon
Emma SuárezEmma SuárezOlivia
Joe ColeJoe Cole
Vic Carmen SonneVic Carmen SonneSofia
Christos StergioglouChristos Stergioglou
Carlos CuevasCarlos Cuevas
Antonis TsiotsiopoulosAntonis TsiotsiopoulosKostas
Francesc GarridoFrancesc Garrido
María Pau PigemMaría Pau Pigem
Pelle HeikkiläPelle Heikkilä
Elsa Lekkakou
Yilmaz ChousmenMoroccan Orderly
Nikolas Drosopoulos
Ileana HandrinouSofia's Friend
Ilan KaplanEric Burdon
Ermina KyriaziErmina KyriaziMarina
Eftehea MeliEftehea MeliAmerican Lady 2
Adia OlympiouAmerican Lady 1
Giovanni PreteServant
Nata Kas ZakharovaPaola

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