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The Shooting Party is a British film of genre Drama directed by Alan Bridges released in USA on 1 september 1985 with James Mason
The Shooting Party (1985)
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Add to a movie listThe Shooting Party is a 1985 British drama film directed by Alan Bridges and based on the book of the same name by Isabel Colegate. The film is set in 1913 and shows the way of life of English aristocrats, gathered for pheasant shooting and general self-indulgence. Their way of life is contrasted with the local rural poor, who serve as 'beaters', driving the game for the aristocrats to shoot. It was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.
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Octobre 1913. Au cœur de la campagne anglaise, Sir Randolph convie quelques amis dans sa propriété pour une partie de chasse réglée selon l'étiquette. L'action se passe en 1913 et fait voir le mode de vie d'aristocrates anglais rassemblés pour une chasse au faisan, par opposition avec celui des paysans du lieu venus pour servir de rabatteurs au service du plaisir des maîtres. Sûrs d'eux-mêmes et vivant dans l'opulence, ils voient se briser l'équilibre de la fête avec la mort accidentelle de l'un des chasseurs et la multiplication de troubles sociaux…Actors
James Mason
(Sir Randolph Nettleby)
Edward Fox
(Lord Gilbert Hartlip)
Dorothy Tutin
(Lady Minnie Nettleby)
John Gielgud
(Cornelius Cardew)
Gordon Jackson
(Tom Harker)
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