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The Birthday Trip

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To celebrate their joint thirtieth birthday, lapsed high-school besties Clare, Angie and Isabel organize a luxury weekend away at the six-star Lothian Gate farmstay with their partners in tow. While the women share a nostalgic bond, the men are strangers, and the simmering social machinations test the couples' loyalty. Meanwhile, across the perfectly manicured grounds, the fraught relationship between the farmstay's conflicted caretaker Felix and his partner Sapphire threatens to derail the weekend.

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Simon Miraudo Movie Squad (RTRFM 92.1) 6d
4.5/5
This film is a grenade. A pitch-black, pinpoint satire of Australia in the mode of Thomas Vinterberg and Ruben Östlund. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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James Robert Woods

Director

Sapphire Blossom

Actor

Nicola Frew

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Ben Gerrard

Actor

Annelise Hall

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Luke Jacobz

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Synopsis To celebrate their joint thirtieth birthday, lapsed high-school besties Clare, Angie and Isabel organize a luxury weekend away at the six-star Lothian Gate farmstay with their partners in tow. While the women share a nostalgic bond, the men are strangers, and the simmering social machinations test the couples' loyalty. Meanwhile, across the perfectly manicured grounds, the fraught relationship between the farmstay's conflicted caretaker Felix and his partner Sapphire threatens to derail the weekend.
Director
James Robert Woods
Producer
Stephanie Jane Day, James Robert Woods
Screenwriter
James Robert Woods
Production Co
Badlands, Black Maria Film Collective
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 39m