A Banquet

Feb 18, 2022

1h 37m

★ 4.1

Family or famine.

Overview

Widowed mother Holly is radically tested when her teenage daughter Betsey experiences a profound enlightenment and insists that her body is no longer her own, but in service to a higher power. Bound to her newfound faith, Betsey refuses to eat but loses no weight. In an agonizing dilemma, torn between love and fear, Holly is forced to confront the boundaries of her own beliefs.

Genres

Horror

Production Companies

Riverstone Pictures

Reliance Entertainment Productions 8

Tea Shop & Film Company

HanWay Films

Creativity Capital

A Banquet Trailers

Cast

Holly

Sienna Guillory

Betsey

Jessica Alexander

Isabelle

Ruby Stokes

June

Lindsay Duncan

Dominic

Kaine Zajaz

Jason

Richard Keep

Sarah

Rina Mahoney

Doctor

Deka Walmsley

Dentist

Walter van Dyk

Clinic Manager

Andrew Steele

Careers Advisor

Jonathan Nyati

Will

Zak Douglas

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