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    Sedona Film Fest presents ‘Coup!’ premiere Aug. 2-8

    A mischievous cook leads an uprising against a wealthy family on a seaside estate
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    Isolated on a seaside estate during the 1918 Spanish Flu, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard) in “Coup!”
    Isolated on a seaside estate during the 1918 Spanish Flu, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard) in “Coup!”

    Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “Coup!” showing Aug. 2-8 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.

    Isolated on a seaside estate during the 1918 Spanish Flu, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard).

    Isolated on a seaside estate during the 1918 Spanish Flu, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard) in “Coup!”
    Isolated on a seaside estate during the 1918 Spanish Flu, an entitled journalist (Billy Magnussen) and his socialite wife (Sarah Gadon) take in a mysterious grifter as a private cook (Peter Sarsgaard) in “Coup!”

    When the plague descends on the island, the wily cook rouses his fellow staff to rebel and 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 boisterous class warfare.

    “A jaunty class-war comedy.” — Variety

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    “Fun! Amusing! Radical!” — The Hollywood Reporter

    “Exuberant.” — The Guardian

    “Coup!” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre Aug. 2-8. Showtimes will be Friday, Sunday and Tuesday, Aug. 2, 4 and 6 at 6:30 p.m.; and Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 5, 7 and 8 at 3:30 p.m.

    Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.

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