The Party's Just Beginning (FULL MOVIE) | Indie Drama, Quarterlife Crisis | Karen Gillan, Lee P

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 10:56:23 +0000

A surreal coming of age story told from the perspective of a young Scottish woman (Karen Gillan) trying to cope with the death of her best friend and struggling to confront what's truly haunting her.

Written and directed by Karen Gillan

Starring:
Karen Gillan (Guardians of the Galaxy, MCU)
Lee Pace
Matthew Beard

Honors/Awards:
BAFTA Awards, Scotland - Nominee - Best Feature Film
Glasgow Film Festival - Nominee - Audience Award
Philadelphia Film Festival - Nominee - Best First Feature
British Independent Film Awards - Nominee - Best Debut Screenwriter

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Summary: Written and directed by Karen Gillan, set in the Highlands of Scotland, a young woman, Liusaidh (pronounced "Lucy") spirals into a mid-twenties crisis. Witty and sarcastic, her manner is rapid and quick fire. Despite this, she can’t seem to connect with anyone and her heightened awareness of mortality consumes her. She finds comfort in her local pub and forms relationships with various men in attempts to find herself again. She meets a man (Lee Pace) simultaneously enduring a mid-life crisis and develops an anonymous connection with an old man over the phone, but neither of them give her the answers she needs. Ultimately, she is left to confront herself, and what's truly haunting her.