OFFICIAL SELECTION – 2023 Venice Film Festival
Directors and Writers: Austin Stark, Joseph SchumanStarring: Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon, Skye P. Marshall, Faran Tahir, Kristine Nielsen & Fisher Stevens
Run time: 1 hour 38 minutes
Genre: Dark comedy
Country: US
Language: English
Isolated on a seaside estate during the 1918 Spanish Flu, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard). When the plague descends on the island, the wily cook rouses his fellow staff to rebel and take over the mansion. Their wealthy employer suspects the cook’s coup is part of a more sinister agenda, and mind games between master and servant escalate into boisterous class warfare.
Release dates: September 8, 2023 in Venice, Italy and
August 2, 2024 in United States
Run time: 1 hour 38 minutes
Production companies: Entertainment 360, Phiphen Pictures, Hemlock Circle, Coup! Media
Distributer: Greenwich Entertainment
Directors and Writers: Austin Stark, Joseph Schuman: Austin Stark, Joseph Schuman
Producers: Brian Levy, Harris Gurny, Warner Davis, Molly Conners, Amanda Bowers, Jane Sinisi
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon, Skye P. Marshall, Faran Tahir, Kristine Nielsen, Fisher Stevens
Cinematographer: Conor Murphy
Editor: Harrison Atkins, Alan Canant
Music: Nathan Halpern