Festival
Genres
Overview
'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and the performers at one of the smaller venues. Various plot strands interweave, including the bitter relationship between a famous self-obsessed British comic and his ever-suffering assistant, an actress debuting at the festival with a one-woman show about Dorothy Wordsworth and a depressed, rich housewife who spies on the stoned Canadian theatre troupe to whom she has rented out her house
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
107 min
Release Date
2005-07-15
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
12
Vote Average
6.2
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Arnold Weiss
Frank Gilhooley
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Mark McDonnell
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Karen Fraser
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Carolyn Calder
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Katherine Connolly
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