A career politician (Kristin Scott Thomas) invites her close friends to a party to celebrate her latest promotion, but the guests are shocked when her husband (Timothy Spall) uses the occasion to confess that he's leaving her for another woman. Soon after, the bash devolves into scathing arguments and accusations of infidelity. Patricia Clarkson, Bruno Ganz, Cherry Jones, Emily Mortimer, and Cillian Murphy co-star. Written and directed by Sally Potter (Orlando).