STORYLINE: Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith Betsey refuses to eat, but loses no weight. In an agonising dilemma torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
DIRECTOR: Ruth Paxton.
WRITERS: Justin Bull.
STARS: Sienna Guillory, Jessica Alexander, Ruby Stokes, Kaine Zajaz, Lindsay Duncan.
PRODUCED BY
- Nik Bower.
- Leonora Darby.
- James Harris.
- Mark Lane.
- Laure Vaysse.
CINEMATOGRAPHER: David Liddell.
MUSIC: CJ Mirra.
FILM EDITOR: Matyas Fekete.
COUNTRY: UK.
RELEASE DATE: February 18, 2022 (THEATERS - VOD - DIGITAL).
PRODUCTION COMPANIES:
- Tea Shop Productions
- Riverstone Pictures
- Reliance Entertainment Productions 8.
DISTRIBUTORS:
- IFC Midnight (USA).
- HanWay Films (World-wide).
SUMMARY-INFO: British horror movie directed and written by Ruth Paxton, making it her feature length directorial debut. IFC Midnights distributes it in the US.
GALLERY:
REVIEWS:
“Director Ruth Paxton is clearly a student of the cinema. There are nuances of other directors’ styles that are folded into this film to clearly create a unique and powerful vision. You can feel her passion for the material as she intertwines the performances with the visual elements to invoke a palpable sense of dread.” www.fearsmag.com
““A Banquet” is more of a miss than a triumph, but some aspects have leverage. Ruth Paxton has talent that needs polishing with more experience. Still, I’m looking forward to what she has to offer next. Instead of a feast, we get a meal; it isn’t what we asked for nor isn’t all to our liking, but in the end, you still eat it. Less time building the horror that doesn’t latch and more delivering psychological thrills would have worked for the better.” www.themoviebuff.net
“Director Ruth Paxton’s mesmerizing chiller A Banquet is a stunning visual and aural experience, with extreme close-ups of food and the act of eating paving the way for a story about a young woman who suddenly refuses all food in the name of some large, mysterious reason.” www.horrorfuel.com
CAST - CREW:
Ruth Paxton (Director)
Sienna Guillory
Jessica Alexander
Ruby Stokes
Lindsay Duncan
Kaine Zajaz
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