The Invitation (French: L'Invitation) is a 1973 Swiss film directed by Claude Goretta.
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Directed by | Claude Goretta |
Written by | Michel Viala Claude Goretta |
Starring | Jean-Luc Bideau |
Distributed by | Janus Films (USA) |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | Switzerland |
Language | French |
Box office | $1.5 million[1] |
The Invitation was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film[2] and shared the Jury Prize at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival.[3]
The Invitation tells the story of a group of office workers, one of whom inherits a large country house and invites his co-workers to a party. At the party, they gradually let go of their inhibitions and get to know one another.
This film was also released under the following titles:
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