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Director: Sally Potter

Cast: Patricia Clarkson, Timothy Spall, Cillian Murphy, Emily Mortimer, Kristin Scott Thomas, Cherry Jones and Bruno Ganz.

A black comedy that sees a celebration dinner at a fancy politician’s house go from polite to flat out perilous sounds wonderful doesn’t it? The invited guests are no easy dates and so it’s a treat to have them played by this juggernaut of a cast.

First showing: Sept. 30, 1:30, Rio

The late Harry Dean Stanton stars in the new film Lucky, part of VIFF 2017.