La fiesta

On a winter Saturday night in post-war Bristol, Evelyn—an innocent, strait-laced French studies student—and Moira—her older sister, an impulsive and adventurous fashion student—attend a pub hosting a party for young artists, where they meet Paul and Sinden, two men who have ended up there by chance. The men’s cosmopolitan, sophisticated air both fascinates and unsettles the sisters in equal measure. As the night unfolds amidst jazz and gin, the two men suggest moving the party elsewhere. Days later, Sinden calls to invite them to the grand country estate Paul shares with his family. The sisters sense that accepting the invitation means taking a leap into the unknown, with no guarantee of what awaits them.