Absurd Person Singular(1985)
A movie in three acts following three couples who, over three years, each host a Christmas party. The camera stays in the kitchen and we are treated to Ayckbourn's beautifully detailed look at middle class life.
Movie: Absurd Person Singular
Top 8 Billed Cast
Eva
Geoffrey
Sidney
Jane
Ronald Brewster-Wright
Marion Brewster-Wright
Lottie Potter
HomePage
Overview
A movie in three acts following three couples who, over three years, each host a Christmas party. The camera stays in the kitchen and we are treated to Ayckbourn's beautifully detailed look at middle class life.
Release Date
1985-01-01
Average
8
Rating:
4.0 startsTagline
Genres
Languages:
English
Recommendations Movies
Six Men Getting Sick(en)
Lynch's first film project consists of a loop of six people vomiting projected on to a special sculptured screen featuring twisted three-dimensional faces.
Vermiglio(it)
Set in the small, mountainous village of Vermiglio during the waning days of WWII, a series of dramatic, consequential events unfold after the arrival of a taciturn Sicilian soldier, who hides out in town after deserting the army. While there, the soldier develops a romance with a provincial family’s eldest daughter.
Don't Sleep(en)
After moving into a cottage together, two young lovers confront horrors of a forgotten childhood.
A Swedish Love Story(sv)
The puppy love of two teenagers is set against a backdrop of adults struggling with their own lives. As a couple in love, they don't care about anything but themselves and seem totally unaware about everything that surrounds them.
The Zone of Interest(en)
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
Reversal of Fortune(en)
Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.
The President(fr)
At 73, a former President of the French Council reflects on his political career while writing his memoirs, delving into his relationships with key figures, including the one set to become the next President.
Maniac(en)
A psychotic man, troubled by his childhood abuse, kills and mutilates young women and local models on the streets of New York City.
Monkey Business(en)
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
The Devil, Probably(fr)
Charles drifts through politics, religion and psychoanalysis, rejecting them all. Once he realises the depth of his disgust with the moral and physical decline of the society he lives in, he decides that suicide is the only option...
The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice(ja)
The arranged marriage between a capricious woman from Tokyo high society and a quiet and rustic man is tested by a marital crisis.
La Chimera(it)
Just out of jail, rumpled English archaeologist Arthur reconnects with his wayward crew of tombaroli accomplices – a happy-go-lucky collective of itinerant grave-robbers who survive by looting Etruscan tombs and fencing the ancient treasures they dig up.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge(fr)
During the American Civil War, a Southerner is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when something unexpected happens.
Gloria!(it)
In late 18th century Venice, in a convent school for girls, Teresa, a student with prophetic gifts, joins forces with some amazing music-makers. They create a new kind of pop, bright and bold, and challenge the ancient and rigid system.
Jim's Story(fr)
Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.
Zombie Fight Club(zh)
It's the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime - Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny's boyfriend is killed in a zombie attack, she faces the challenge of surviving in the face of adversity. In order to stay alive, she struggles with Andy to flee danger.