The Shooting Party
“It is 1913 and Edwardian England is about to vanish into history...”
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1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.
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A languid, elegiac portrait of aristocratic ennui on the cusp of war. It feels like watching the last embers of a dying class, beautiful and tragic. A wistful, stately experience.
melancholicwistfulelegiacstatelydecadentslow-burnperiod dramaarthouseliterary adaptationchamber piececlass decaysocial hypocrisyend of an eraennui
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