It stars salma hayek, john lithgow, connie britton, jay duplass, amy landecker, chloe sevigny and david warshofsky. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide, and neither will ever be the same. Why dark comedy beatriz at dinner is so cathartic for. The official showtimes destination brought to you by amazon content services llc. Jun 08, 2017 beatriz at dinner, a new film directed by miguel arteta and written by mike white, unflinchingly addresses that question, and declines to provide a comforting answer. She collides with her polar opposite, a selfsatisfied billionaire, at a wealthy clients dinner party. From the films opening scenes, we quickly learn that beatriz leads the mestizaje life.
Salma hayek serves truthbombs at dinner party from hell actress gives a careerbest performance as masseuse who takes on a trumpian guest in this cutting class. An americancanadian coproduction, the film had its world premiere at the sundance film festival on january 23. Jun 09, 2017 soundbite of film, beatriz at dinner connie britton. The good girl director and enlightened creator linked up for beatriz at the dinner, which stars salma hayek and jon. Beatriz at dinner and megan leavey celebrate women. Beatriz at dinner will be best appreciated by fans of cringe comedy in the extreme modes of curb your enthusiasm or whites dear, departed hbo series enlightened. Beatriz at dinner brings politics to the table, with no.
Starring salma hayek, john lithgow, and connie britton, beatriz at dinner tells the story of massage therapist beatriz and her interactions with the friends and family of a client at dinner. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same. Beatriz at dinner, a new film directed by miguel arteta and written by mike white, unflinchingly addresses that question, and declines to provide a comforting answer. Beatriz at dinner is a movie that deals with topics of a political nature without feeling an overt polemic, and thats simply because the characters are welldefined and the laughs, though sparse. Salma hayek is mournfully radiant in the gentle parable. Check out the new trailer starring salma hayek, chloe sevigny, john lithgow. Beatriz, a legal mexican immigrant and alternative therapist, accidentally attends dinner with a selfish, rich, egotistical businessman surrounded by sycophantic yes men and women. A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy clients dinner party after her car breaks down. Beatriz at dinner is a darkly comic fantasy about an empathetic, natureloving latina healer who comes face to face with a racist, vulgar, thoroughly despicable member of the 1%. Jun 08, 2017 beatriz is not a film interested in challenging stereotypes. Salma hayek on an epically bad dinner party the new york times. After beatrizs beatup volkswagen refuses to start, cathy tells beatriz that she can spend the night at her oceanside mansion and deal with it in the morningan offer that comes with an invitation to the posh dinner party cathys hosting to celebrate a lucrative land development deal conegotiated by her husband, grant david warshofsky.
As the guests arrive and the wine starts to flow, beatriz finds herself in an escalating war of words with doug strutt, a ruthless real estate. Kathy and grant are the hosts of a dinner part to celebrate a business success for a shopping center development. The first great film of the trump era is here, and everyone is getting served. Director miguel arteta and screenwriter mike white sounds like a dynamite combo. Beatriz at dinner is a delicate, mournful, mystical little movie about the porous membrane that defines all our bubbles, and how tenuous its surface tension can be when severely tested. I wonder what films can possibly satisfy those who cant bare the sight of any regular sexist guy who understandably embodies the social norms however. Given that the title character is a mexican immigrant and that the guest of honor at the small soiree to which shes become a lastminute addition is. Beatriz is not a film interested in challenging stereotypes. Beatriz at dinner is a 2017 black comedydrama film directed by miguel arteta from a screenplay by mike white. Salma hayek shines in the delicious trumpera satire beatriz. My film beatriz at dinner will premiere exactly 20 years, to the day, after my first movie star maps. Doug strutt john lithgow is a cutthroat, selfsatisfied billionaire.
Salma hayek and miguel arteta nod to the immigrant experience. Search for showtimes and purchase tickets for beatriz at dinner. Cathy invites beatriz to stay for an elaborate dinner party in celebration of a new land development deal brokered by her husbands company. Its beatriz so firmly does this sit in the cinematic. The film was an official selection of the premieres program at the 2017 sundance film festival. Jun 16, 2017 a conversation almost identical to the one ive described takes place in miguel artetas latest film, beatriz at dinner, starring mexicos most well known actress, salma hayek. Salma hayek serves truthbombs at dinner party from hell actress gives a careerbest performance as masseuse who.
Jan 24, 2017 salma hayek stars as a health worker compelled to break bread with john lithgows trumpian capitalist in beatriz at dinner, the latest feature from director miguel arteta and screenwriter mike. There are no solutions in beatriz at dinner, but im grateful we got a movie responding to trump in the first place. Salma hayek shines in the sly but earnest beatriz at dinner. With salma hayek, john lithgow, connie britton, jay duplass. It is perhaps the most pitch perfect synthesis of white male microaggression i have ever seen in film, one that proves exceptionally vital in americas current political climate. Salma hayek and miguel arteta nod to the immigrant. Salma hayek stars as a health worker compelled to break bread with john lithgows trumpian capitalist in beatriz at dinner, the latest feature. Beatriz at dinner is a meal of a film, with plenty to chew on. Doug strutt, the money that pulled the development together, has a history of many many development railroadings and property expeditions that appear to maybe boarder on the lower end of the moral continuum. Why dark comedy beatriz at dinner is so cathartic for poc. In the modest, enjoyable comedy of manners beatriz at dinner, an earnest and new agey massage therapist salma hayek ends up spending an evening at a longtime clients orange county mansion after her hatchback breaks down in the driveway.
Interview director miguel arteta on beatriz at dinner. There beatriz meets doug strutt john lithgow, netflixs the crown, a cutthroat, selfsatisfied billionaire real estate tycoon whose greed and disregard for the natural world put the two at direct odds. Doug strutt is a cutthroat, selfsatisfied billionaire. On the surface the plot is rather obvious, slow moving and often little dialogue and many have seen it as a thinly veiled antitrump film. Its a perfect film for the trump era, but not necessarily. Salma hayeks beatriz at dinner to open sundance london hayek is set to introduce the film at the british edition of the legendary u. Its a photograph of our national moment, 81 minutes of summary and analysis. Beatriz at dinner is really good at painting a tableau of where were at. Jun 10, 2019 beatriz at dinner is really good at painting a tableau of where were at. Salma hayek shines in the delicious trumpera satire. Salma hayek on an epically bad dinner party the new york. Beatriz at dinner is a 2017 black comedy drama film directed by miguel arteta from a screenplay by mike white. When her old volkswagen breaks down, she receives a friendly invitation from cathy to stay for a seemingly innocent business dinner. On the surface the plot is rather obvious, slow moving and often little dialogue and.
A difference of thoughts and opinions causes her to be a thorn in the side of the hosts and their invited guests. Beatriz, holistic medicine practitioner is stranded at a clients house and becomes a somewhat unwilling guest at a snooty dinner party that evening. Beatriz at dinner letterboxd social film discovery. Be the first to watch, comment, and share indie trailers, clips, and featurettes.
In beatriz at dinner, the stunning new film from director miguel arteta and writer mike white, the political points are made with such passionate intensity that it feels a perfect blending of head and heart. Jun, 2017 beatriz is a middleaged woman who immigrated to u. A conversation almost identical to the one ive described takes place in miguel artetas latest film, beatriz at dinner, starring mexicos most well known actress, salma hayek. Beatriz at dinner a complicated movie on selfishness explained. But in beatriz at dinner, hayek turns down the thermostat and assumes a cool, calm and, yes, beatific demeanor as an l. Jun 14, 2017 beatriz at dinner has been called the first great film of the trump era. Jun 07, 2017 this isnt the film we need right now, thats a meaningless statement, but its a film that we deserve to watch, discuss and be grateful for. Early on in the new film beatriz at dinner theres a squirminducing moment one of many in director miguel artetas and screenwriter mike whites biting social commentary. Beatriz salma hayek, an immigrant from a poor town in mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a spiritual health practitioner. Beatriz at dinner has a clashing point of view and ending. Januar 2017 im rahmen des sundance film festivals ihre. Beatriz at dinner has been called the first great film of the trump era. At an elegant dinner party in a swanky hilltop home, conversation between a softspoken holistic healer and a hardnosed businessman explodes into a bitter clash of cultures in beatriz at dinner, the latest provocative film from director miguel arteta and screenwriter mike white. This isnt the film we need right now, thats a meaningless statement, but its a film that we deserve to watch, discuss and be grateful for.
Sundance institutelacey terrell via ap john lithgow appears in beatriz at dinner by miguel arteta, which was an official selection of the premieres program at the 2017 sundance film festival. Jun 08, 2017 early on in the new film beatriz at dinner theres a squirminducing moment one of many in director miguel artetas and screenwriter mike whites biting social commentary. Watch beatriz at dinner online stream full movie directv. It is perhaps the most pitch perfect synthesis of white male microaggression i have ever seen in film, one that proves exceptionally vital in americas current.
Hayek plays a mexicanborn masseuse and healer invited to dine at her rich clients home in miguel artetas film beatriz at dinner. Beatriz at dinner has a clashing point of view and. Masquerading as a dinner comedy, beatriz at dinner, miguel artetas triumphant return to indie filmmaking, is an immaculately uncomfortable cinematic experience in the best way. Beatriz at dinner in the first dramatic comedy for the age of trump, salma hayek is luminous as a holistic healer who clashes, at a dinner party from hell, with a. Salma hayek, john lithgow, connie britton, chloe sevigny, and jay duplass star. Miguel artetas new film, beatriz at dinnerwhich premiered at the sundance film festival on mondayhas a timely shiver to it, as if it were made yesterday. Unfortunately, beatriz at dinner employs an easy target rich, clueless white people and surrenders to the hopelessness of its premise. Beatriz, an immigrant from a poor town in mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a health practitioner. When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the.
Jun 15, 2017 beatriz at dinner is a delicate, mournful, mystical little movie about the porous membrane that defines all our bubbles, and how tenuous its surface tension can be when severely tested. Beatriz salma hayek is a mexican holistic healer and. Beatriz at dinner cultureclash, cocktails, unsatisfying in beatriz at dinner salma hayek plays beatriz, a mexican immigrant and massage therapist whose unexpected invitation to dinner serves as a platform for social commentary. Everyone, including beatriz, is a type though no one is a cartoon. In the red stateblue state america of winners and havenots, a working class mexicanamerican like her wouldnt sit down to a celebratory dinner with the callous super rich. But shes had a rare, deep connection to the family hosting this meal.
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