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THE INVITATION

L'INVITATION

By Claude GORETTA

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Comedy - Completed 1972

- Year of production
- 1972
- Genres
- Comedy
- Countries
- FRANCE
- Languages
- FRENCH, ENGLISH
- Director(s)
- Claude GORETTA
- Cast
- Jean-Luc BIDEAU, Michel ROBIN
- ISAN
- 0000-0000-44A0-0000-Q-0000-0000-X
- Synopsis
- This Oscar-nominated comedy takes viewers to a garden-party that falls to pieces as the sun and alcohol take their toll. The host is Rémy, a mild-mannered bachelor who changes his life dramatically after his mother died. He takes a temporary leave from work and invites his coworkers to an all-day party in a splendid country-house he just bought. Removed from familiar office surroundings - and intimated by the luxurious villa - the guests gradually let down their reserve. Employees flirt, arguments ignite, and one inhibited party-goer performs an impromptu strip-tease. It takes an outsider, the cultured butler, to restore order.
  Goretta, who spearheaded the 1970's Swiss film renaissance, reveals the nuances of body language and group dynamics.