Willem Dafoe is one of our most prolific actors. The Spider-Man star has taken on big superhero franchises, worked with visionary directors like Robert Eggers in films like The Lighthouse, and been nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for his work as Sergeant Elias in the 1986 film Platoon. Now, he's working with director and writer Miguel Ángel Jiménez on his new film, The Birthday Party, which is in theaters and on demand and digital on August 14. To celebrate the film's release, Collider is thrilled to bring you an exclusive look at a scene between Dafoe and Vic Carmen Sonne.


Willem Dafoe is one of our most prolific actors. The Spider-Man star has taken on big superhero franchises, worked with visionary directors like Robert Eggers in films like The Lighthouse, and been nominated for multiple Academy Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for his work as Sergeant Elias in the 1986 film Platoon. Now, he's working with director and writer Miguel Ángel Jiménez on his new film, The Birthday Party, which is in theaters and on demand and digital on August 14. To celebrate the film's release, Collider is thrilled to bring you an exclusive look at a scene between Dafoe and Vic Carmen Sonne.

✕
Remove Ads

The Birthday Party is described as follows: "The story is set in the late 1970s somewhere in the Mediterranean, where Marcos Timoleon, an Aristotle Onassis-like tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia, his daughter and sole heiress, on his exclusive private island. The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas. But Marcos, who is used to ruthlessly controlling everything and everyone around him at whatever cost, is also secretly plotting a big decision on his daughter’s behalf. Sofia, however, has come to share some important news of her own. As guests start pouring in and night falls, the party grows rowdier and more decadent, while the inevitable clash between Marcos and Sofia reaches a heartbreaking climax."