A Banquet

“Family or famine.”

4.1(34)20221h 37m

Horror

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 Paxton

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Cast

Sienna Guillory

Holly

Jessica Alexander

Betsey

Ruby Stokes

Isabelle

Lindsay Duncan

June

Kaine Zajaz

Dominic

Richard Keep

Jason

Rina Mahoney

Sarah

Deka Walmsley

Doctor

Walter van Dyk

Dentist

Andrew Steele

Clinic Manager

Jonathan Nyati

Careers Advisor

Zak Douglas

Will

Reviews

1 review

tmdb28039023

3y ago

1.0

This 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 ...