The Feast
Without being excessively violent or gory , The Feastoffers viewers some of the most disturbing imagery seen in a 2021 film . A Welsh repugnance film directed by Lee Haven Jones and write and produced by Roger Williams , The Feastis a humble , low - stake social occasion that practice standard pressure and involvement to build tenseness , inviting audiences into a man that may seem perfect , but is rotten underneath . The Feastis a profoundly creepy Welsh film that expend the folk repugnance subgenre to offer an insightful review of consumerism , as well as a more nuanced — and honestly novel — twist on the domicile invasion thriller .
The Feasthas a deceptively simple premise : a wealthy family is host a dinner party in their remote , picturesque home in rural Wales . However , the eventide ’s events become increasingly bizarre , lead to a chaotic , visceral orgasm . Most of the conflict in the moving picture descend from unsettling interactions between the five main eccentric . Glenda ( Nia Roberts ) is the one hosting the party , and her business firm , cold demeanor reflects one who has grown misanthropic over time . She hires a mysterious untested woman , Cadi ( Annes Elwy ) , to help with the party provision . The married man , Gwyn ( Julian Lewis Jones ) , is a man of power and influence who hold himself as one accustom to fix his way — no matter what the consequences . The adult sons Gweirydd ( Sion Alun Davies ) and Guto ( Steffan Cennydd ) are two side of a corrupted coin : one appear to be an solid , successful young man but is harboring a dark closed book , while the other looks like a rebel and an foreigner , but is the least crooked member of the bunch .
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Audiences drop the most time dissever between Glenda and Cadi , suggest at similar nature . Their behaviour and circumstances are immensely different , however , and the socio-economic class divide between Cadi and the affluent kinsperson is one of the primary theme inThe Feast . When Cadi first arrives at the home — late , rumpled , and with no belongings ( not even a car ) — Glenda chastises her then like a shot puts her to act upon , either ignoring or being willfully ignorant of the signs that something untoward come about to the young woman . The family members all take turn " playing " with the hired help , enjoy ( whether they ’re cognizant of it or not ) the big businessman their condition affords them . For her part , Cadi reacts strangely to her fate , and it ’s her unusual behaviour , as well as the uncomfortably claustrophobic atmosphere , that create the movie ’s disquiet . The Feastis more unsettling than it is frightening , although it does have its moments of downright terror .
The Feastis an exceptionally vertical moving-picture show , and in that regard echo the definitive former horror movies that were so steeped in German Expressionism . Dark , dramatic perpendicular lines are everywhere in this film , intersecting at sharp points , and creating a sense of violence , or at least conflict , within the domestic space . The house itself is a black , presentiment intrusion on the pastoral scope — its dispiritedly modern aesthetic clashing with the peaceful , trilled hayfield around it . The planetary house feels out of property , much like Cadi herself — whose odd behavior as a silent beholder of the elite ’s dinner party feel mildly intrusive . The fellowship ’s mining body process in the area is frame as an unwelcome violation of the land . likewise , Cadi ’s exploration of the home — not to cite her tasting of their food — is an increase disruption of their domestic space . The Feastsets up what looks like a trap for Cadi , but step by step turns the tables , revealing the aristocrats to be much less in dominance than they had foolishly believed .
at long last , the family ’s downfall is their need to consume . The household — specially Glenda and Gwen — have a violent kinship with their decadent nutrient and wine-colored . There ’s a dig of Glenda knocking the seeds out of a Punica granatum that is framed like a rake - spill criminal offense scenery . Gwyn gleefully kills two rabbits , then throws down the wilted bodies on a counter with a force that suggest a entire disregard and disrespect for other dwell existence . Glenda skins and bungler the cony methodically , chopping off one ’s head with a look of mild irritation . The duet may survive among nature in their home , but they lack a underlying respect for the environment . Even the Logos Guto complain about the domain , lamenting to Cadi that he would rather be in the metropolis for drugs and party . For his part , Gweirydd ’s Sin are much more subtle : his transgression against nature involves past aberrant behavior , as well as an obvious narcissistic fixation with his own physicality .
There are several references to the home ’s selfishness and degeneracy throughoutThe fete — like repeated shots of the crime syndicate star fondly into their own reflexion , or Gwyn ’s gossip that he and his wife have incredible " thirst . " Glenda and Gwyn are mainly motivate by covetousness ; even the dinner party is a ploy to manipulate the guests for the couple ’s own ends . It ’s gentle to despise these multitude , which produce the supernatural twist all the more square . The slow - burn approach to flush inThe Feastwon’t satisfy all spectator , and there will be those who feel that the cinema is tiresome or even too tame . Yet , the gradual , scarey pace is a calculated scheme to organically work up the aforementioned musical theme . The characters all feel real , which gives exercising weight to their suffering ( even if they are unlikable).The Feastis a bright indie horror that wind fancy and folklore into a thoughtful cautionary tale against disrespecting nature — a content that feels particularly authoritative for today ’s audiences .
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The Feastreleases in theaters in North America and VOD on November 19 , 2021 and is 93 second long .
