The Party – Nature Morte

"Beatt's first feature centres on a staggering performance from Swinton: part Diva, part Harpy, part woman struggling to cope and make sense of it all. She plays Queenie, married to a German and living in Berlin; the marriage has reached one of its periodic crises, and Queenie's way out of the impasse is to throw a big all-night party. During it, she humiliates her husband by flirting with a handsome French stranger. She succeeds in making a drama out of a crisis. Shot in steely monochrome by Elfie Mikesch, this is a small triumph for high-concept film-making." (Time Out Film Guide)

The digital restoration was made possible by the Film Heritage funding programme, financed by the BKM, the federal states and the FFA.