The Party
- cosy
- brisk
- gentle
- intimate
- funny
Cosy, kinetic, gentle comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Hrundi V. Bakshi, an accident-prone actor from India, is accidentally put on the guest list for an upcoming party at the home of a Hollywood film producer. Unfortunately, from the moment he arrives, one thing after another goes wrong with compounding effect.
Our read · The Party (1968) reads as a cosy, kinetic, inventive comedy entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
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The shape of The Party
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