The Birthday Trip
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INTRO BY WRITER/DIRECTOR JAMES ROBERT WOODS
Overview
When three upwardly-mobile millennial couples descend on a luxury NSW winery farmstay for a joint thirtieth birthday, chaos ensues in The Birthday Trip. Fuelled by class anxiety, frustration in romance and friendships that may have overstayed their welcome and a whole lot of high-quality wine, the bougie pack are oblivious to the suppressed bitterness of their “experience curator” and his long-suffering wife, relegated to a shack on the property. Infidelity, inequality and inebriation bubble over as the dark foibles of the Aussie elite are laid bare.
“An intimately intense character study taking a leaf from Soderbergh”
“Very clever satire, in conversation with Joachim Trier”
Why You Should See This Film
With a talented ensemble cast and an eye for satire, writer/director James Robert Woods debut feature The Birthday Trip is an inventive indie gem. Keenly observed schisms within the arts-sector social strata and good old fashioned Sydney oneupmanship play out in tense tête-à-tête and group dinners that feel ready to combust.
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