Beatriz at Dinner (2017)

A holistic medicine practitioner attends a wealthy client's dinner party after her car breaks down.

Director:

Miguel Arteta

Writer:

Mike White

Stars:

Salma Hayek, John Lithgow, Connie Britton

2 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
Salma Hayek	...	Beatriz
John Lithgow	...	Doug
Connie Britton	...	Kathy
Jay Duplass	...	Alex
Amy Landecker	...	Jeana
Chloë Sevigny	...	Shannon
David Warshofsky	...	Grant
John Early	...	Evan
Enrique Castillo	...	Marcus
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Rosa
Amelia Borella	...	Heidi
Sean O'Bryan	...	Security Guard
Natalia Abelleyra	...	Suzana

Storyline

Beatriz, holistic medicine practitioner is stranded at a client's house and becomes a somewhat unwilling guest at a snooty dinner party that evening. A difference of thoughts and opinions causes her to be a thorn in the side of the hosts and their invited guests.

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Plot Keywords:

car breakdown | billionaire | killing an animal | holistic health practitioner | real estate developer | 

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Taglines:

Everyone is getting served.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and a scene of violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Connie Britton and Chloe Sevigny have both starred in American Horror Story: Britton in season 1, and Sevigny in seasons 2 and 5.

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Goofs

Beatriz drives from Santa Monica south to Newport Beach, but we see her driving on the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills, which is many miles northwest not only of Santa Monica but Los Angeles proper.

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Quotes

Beatriz: You think killing is hard? Try healing. You can break something in two seconds. But it can take forever to fix it.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: John Lithgow/Riley Keough/Giles Martin/Thundercat ft. Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins (2017)

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Soundtracks

An Ending (Ascent)
Written and Performed by Brian Eno

User Reviews

Acting very good, music too. Writing and the rest are not great.

The movie tries (or seems to try) to be deep and spiritual and in your face. But all I get from the conflict between those two caricatures is that they live in separate worlds and there's no hope and the emotional will always lose. This might be true, but the movie did not present it in a super entertaining, poetic or beautiful way.

All the actors are really really good and the awkwardness and shallowness and silliness and fakeness are portrayed well by them.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

9 June 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beatriz at Dinner

Filming Locations:

Villa Cascata - 27530 Calicut Rd, Malibu, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$141,959, 11 June 2017

Gross USA:

$7,115,854

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$7,425,391

Company Credits

Production Co:

BRON Studios, Creative Wealth Media Finance, Killer Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1