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Synopsis: Newly arrived in town Nat and Gabe accept a dinner invitation from the volatile Hungarian Helene and her boorish husband Sasha. Whilst the other guests, ex-Bananarama member Marty, Angie, who 'makes bullets' and the supposedly suicidal Danny are affable enough, Nat and Gabe are shocked by their hosts' very public rows and Gabe's attempt at peace-making is awkwardly received. Nat is taken aback when virtual stranger Helene confides in her about Sasha's suspected infidelity and Gabe is rudely rebuffed when he tries to have a heart to heart with Sasha. After Helene physically attacks her husband the newcomers are desperate to leave but when Danny drops a bombshell Gabe is torn between responsibility and the easy way out.
 
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Year:
2016
50 min
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Oh, all right, look, if I say...

What are you doing?

She was...

Nothing.

That's a two-person shower.

That's the toilet, or, as is known

in Gabe's house, the coffee machine.

It's traditional,

it's an Indonesian tradition.

It's delicious.

You have a lovely house.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Yes, this is a lovely house which is

why we don't need another one.

But that is another matter and

I'm not going to talk about that

and embarrass you with

our personal problems.

We're going to have a lovely,

lovely evening.

Danny will be here soon. He has had

a bit of a difficult time.

He is a suicide.

Excuse me? Yes, he tried to kill

himself but only a little bit.

It is all in the past.

Gabe, you can talk to him about

mountains and rocks and suchlike.

But I don't...

Let me give you some alcohol so we

can all get a little bit pissed.

Oh, not for me, thank you. Oh.

Will you be able to relax

without alcohol?

I'm on antibiotics, I'm afraid.

So I better not.

My uncle used to always say he was

on antibiotics any time

anyone offered him booze but

he was just trying to stop drinking.

I mean, he was an massive alcoholic.

He always drank in the end.

Mmm. Well, this is delicious. Yes,

they are really delicious prawns.

Are these king prawns

or tiger prawns

or just normal prawns but big?

They're just prawns.

There's no need to get excited.

They're just ordinary prawns.

He's just asking a question,

Helene, OK?

He's just asking

about the f***ing prawns

because he doesn't know what to say.

I'm glad you like the prawns.

Thank you for asking about them.

I don't know what kind of prawns

they are

but there are more prawns

if you'd like.

Are you not eating yours, Marty?

Oh, no, I'm highly allergic.

I mean, even if I so much

as touch a prawn, that's it.

Game over. I'm dead.

I mean, you wouldn't even bother

calling an ambulance because

I'd be gone before they got here.

Your only chance would be to

cut my throat open.

But even that wouldn't work,

not really.

But why have you got

them on your plate, then?

I didn't want to cause a fuss.

So, Angie, what is it you do?

I make bullets.

Sorry, what do you mean?

Oh, sorry, no, I mean, I work for

a company that makes bullets.

What do you mean when you say

bullets, like, do you mean...?

Yeah, like,

that you fire out of a gun.

And are they for hunting or...?

Yeah, we do hunting bullets too.

Oh, so you make bullets for combat?

War bullets? Well, they don't call

them war bullets but, yeah.

Oh, right.

What's that like?

Everyone is lovely.

We have a lot of fun.

In my country, we don't talk about

the food. We eat the food.

I did not mean to be rude to you,

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Sharon Horgan

Sharon Lorencia Horgan (born 13 July 1970) is an Irish actress, writer, and producer. She is best known for the comedy series Pulling (2006–09) and Catastrophe (2015–present), both of which she starred in and co-wrote. She also created the HBO comedy series Divorce (2016–present). Horgan won the 2008 British Comedy Award for Best TV Actress for Pulling, while the shows 2009 hour-long final episode won the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Drama. A seven-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Comedy Writer for Catastrophe (with Rob Delaney), and was nominated for the 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Horgan has appeared in the films Valiant (2005), Imagine Me & You (2005), Man Up (2015), and Game Night (2018). more…

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