8.3
Dara
2007
“Family or famine.”
A Banquet (2022)
February 18, 20221h 37mEN
4.1
34 votes
Overview
Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.
Director
Ruth PaxtonWriter
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Streaming availability for India
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
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Production Companies
Riverstone PicturesReliance Entertainment Productions 8Tea Shop & Film CompanyHanWay FilmsCreativity Capital
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User Reviews
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1.0This movie may be A Banquet, but it’s no feast. It has no fat in it, but no meat either. It’s lean but not muscular – nothing but skin and bones. It might whet your appetite for similar but heartier offerings such as Take Shelter, Horse Girl, or the German Kreuzweg – but then why not just skip the apéritif and go straight for the main course? The action, such as it is, is triggered by the rise of a big, red moon that sends Betsey (Jessica Alexander), who may or may not be the only one who can see it, into an on-and-off trance. This reminds me of the blood moon prophecies by Christian preach…
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