The Birthday (2004)

Norman, a young man very much in love with his girlfriend, attends her father's birthday party, held in a hotel where a sect happens to be preparing for the birth of the god it worships.

Director:

Eugenio Mira

Writers:

Mikel Alvariño, Eugenio Mira

Stars:

Corey Feldman, Erica Prior, Jack Taylor

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Corey Feldman	...	Norman Forrester
Erica Prior	...	Alison Fulton
Jack Taylor	...	Ron Fulton
Dale Douma	...	Vincent Papahistros
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mikel Alvariño	...	Bass Player
Jim Arnold	...	Jonathan Beresford
Harry Arouh	...	Priest
Ana Lucía Billate	...	Anjelica Fulton
Tony Corvillo	...	Vincent's Friend
James DePaul	...	Tiny Ricky
Richard Felix	...	Theodore Burns
Paul Fellermeier	...	Norman's friend
Sue Flack	...	Marion Beresford
Alison Hughes	...	Mrs. Emma Hamilton
Chen Min Rao Jang	...	Dr. John Ming O'Pie

Storyline

Norman, a young man very much in love with his girlfriend, attends her father's birthday party, held in a hotel where a sect happens to be preparing for the birth of the god it worships.

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Taglines:

Tonight we are celebrating the end of the world, and you are on the guestlist.

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Spain

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 November 2006 (Spain)

Filming Locations:

Terrasa, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Arcadia Motion Pictures, Infinity Films S.L.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 95 min (original cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Corey Feldman cites this as his favourite performance in a movie.

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Connections

Referenced in Los Totenwackers (2007)

User Reviews

New cult film

I had the opportunity to see this wonderful film at last Sitges Film Festival. It is not an easy film, in fact, it is dammed to be misunderstood by the big crowds and the old fashion film reviewers. This movie is something really weird in the Spanish cinema, you can tell by seeing 2 seconds of it, that its director knows about cinema, he knows how and where put the camera and fills the screen with lots of details .

One of the things that I loved the most from it was all the homages to the biggest 80s classic films (Gremlins, Back to the future,etc.)

The birthday, besides its multiple good things, its far from perfect, it is way too long (almost two hours)and one of the main characters in the second half is really disturbing and was near of taking me out of the movie.

Eugenio Mira is a filmmaker to keep an eye on, he just made the geek film of the 2005 (Donnie Darko is one of the films that comes to my mind when thinking about The birthday).

If you are able to check out this film in a festival, don't miss it, you won't be disappointed!