BIRTHDAY PARTY

IT IS THE SUMMER OF 1975. MARCO TIMOLEON, AN ONASSIS-LIKE TYCOON, IS NEARING THE END OF HIS LIFE. WHEN HE FINDS OUT HIS TROUBLED DAUGHTER IS PREGNANT BY A MAN HE DOESN'T APPROVE OF, HE THROWS A BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HER ON HIS PRIVATE ISLAND, SECRETLY INTENDING TO PERSUADE HER TO TERMINATE THE PREGNANCY. A DOCTOR STANDS BY TO PERFORM THE OPERATION ON THE SPOT. THE STORY OF THIS FATEFUL PARTY AND THE LIVES IT AFFECTS IS A BRILLIANT MODERN FABLE, A RAGS-TO-RICHES TALE WITH NO CERTAINTY OF A HAPPILY-EVER-AFTER ENDING.