COUP ( Teaser Clip) Inner West Film Fest 2024

COUP , Directed by Joseph Schuman Austin Stark, 2023, 98 mins Sheltering from the 1918 Spanish Flu at their seaside estate, a progressive journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter (Peter Sarsgaard) as a private cook. But when the plague descends on the posh island, the family and staff find themselves cut off from society and, like castaways, struggling to survive. The new cook sees an opportunity to rouse his fellow staff to rethink their stations and have the run of the mansion for themselves. Their employer suspects the cooks coup is part of a far more sinister agenda. Its not long before the mind games between master and servant breed an allout war for dominance over the home. Sessions Sun 2pm 14 April Palace Norton St Sat 8pm 20 April Palace Norton St