Willem Dafoe stars as a Greek billionaire in Miguel Ángel Jiménez‘s The Birthday Party , which celebrates its world premiere at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Thursday evening.

His megalomaniacal shipping magnate may remind people of Aristotle Onassis, but Dafoe didn’t model his character after anyone specific, the star shared mid-day Thursday ahead of the movie’s debut during a press conference with his director and co-stars Vic Carmen Sonne ( The Girl With the Needle ), Emma Suárez, Joe Cole and Carlos Cuevas.

Willem Dafoe stars as a Greek billionaire in Miguel Ángel Jiménez‘s The Birthday Party , which celebrates its world premiere at the 78th edition of the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland on Thursday evening.

His megalomaniac

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