The Birthday Party (2025) – Drama Movie

The Birthday Party is a 2025 drama film directed by Miguel Ángel Jiménez, starring Willem Dafoe, Vic Carmen Sonne, Joe Cole and Emma Suárez. Set in the late 1970s in the Mediterranean, the film follows a powerful Greek tycoon whose lavish celebration for his daughter's 25th birthday gradually turns into a tense confrontation involving family, power and secrets.

🎬 Title: The Birthday Party
📅 Release Year: 2025
🎭 Genre: Drama
🌍 Countries: Greece, Spain, Netherlands, United Kingdom
🗣️ Language: English, Spanish, Greek
🎥 Director: Miguel Ángel Jiménez
✍️ Writers: Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Giorgos Karnavas, Nicos Panayotopoulos
📖 Based on: The Birthday Party by Panos Karnezis
⭐ Stars: Willem Dafoe, Vic Carmen Sonne, Joe Cole, Emma Suárez, Carlos Cuevas
⏱️ Runtime: 103 minutes
🎞️ Production Companies: Heretic, Lemming Film
📅 World Premiere: August 7, 2025, Locarno Film Festival

Marcos Timoleon, a wealthy and ruthless Greek businessman, throws an extravagant 25th birthday party for his daughter Sofia on his private island. As influential guests arrive with their own motives, Marcos secretly plans a major decision concerning his daughter. But Sofia has news of her own, and as the celebration becomes increasingly wild, the father-daughter conflict moves toward a dramatic and heartbreaking confrontation.

🎭 Willem Dafoe stars as Marcos Timoleon, the powerful patriarch at the center of the story, while Vic Carmen Sonne plays his daughter Sofia. Joe Cole and Emma Suárez also feature prominently in the cast.