Coup!

Coup! Movie Details:

Coup! Movie Cast & Characters:

• Peter Sarsgaard as Floyd Monk
• Billy Magnussen as Jay
• Sarah Gadon as Julie
• Skye P. Marshall as Mrs. Tidwell
• Faran Tahir as Kaan
• Kristine Nielsen as Mrs. McMurray
• Fisher Stevens as Upton Sinclair
• Callum Vinson as Tom
• Willa Dunn as Molly

Storyline:

Isolated on a seaside estate during the First World War and the 1918 influenza epidemic, a rich and entitled Progressive journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter (Peter Sarsgaard) as a private cook. When the contagion descends on the island, the wily cook rouses the staff of the estate to insurrection and they take over the mansion. Their wealthy employer suspects the cook’s coup is part of a more sinister agenda, and mind games between master and servant escalate into class warfare.

About Coup! Movie:

Coup! is an American dark comedy thriller film written and directed by Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman. It stars Peter Sarsgaard, Billy Magnussen, Sarah Gadon, Skye P. Marshall, Faran Tahir, Kristine Nielsen, and Fisher Stevens.

Sarsgaard and Magnussen also served as executive producers of the film. It is the first collaboration between writer-director team Austin Stark and Joseph Schuman.

In November 2022, cast was announced. In February 2023, it was announced that principal photography wrapped in New Jersey.

Coup! premiered in the ‘Giornate degli Autori’ section of the Venice Film Festival on September 8th 2023. It was subsequently screened at various film festivals, including the Glasgow Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Filmfest Hamburg, and São Paulo International Film Festival.

In February 2024, it was announced that Greenwich Entertainment would distribute Coup! in North America. The film was theatrically released in the United States on August 2, 2024.

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