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Carnage
Why this pick
Another razor-sharp, mostly single-room social collision, where polite conversation steadily curdles into cruel comedy and exposed hypocrisies.
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MOVIE2017 1h 11m GBR
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Janet, a politician for the Opposition (parliamentary), has just been announced as Shadow Cabinet Secretary of State for Health and is having a small celebratory party at her house. Invited are her friends April, with her estranged German partner Gottfried, a life coach and self-proclaimed energy medicine, women's studies professor Martha, with her partner Jinny, a renowned chef, and Janet's colleague and subordinate Marianne with husband Tom, a banker.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Timothy Spall
Bill
Patricia Clarkson
April
Emily Mortimer
Jinny
Kristin Scott Thomas
Janet
Bruno Ganz
Godfried
Cherry Jones
Martha
Cillian Murphy
Tom