{"id":12460,"date":"2017-05-31T17:21:13","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T21:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=12460"},"modified":"2017-05-31T17:21:13","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T21:21:13","slug":"sundance-film-festival-hit-beatriz-dinner-must-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2017\/05\/sundance-film-festival-hit-beatriz-dinner-must-see.html","title":{"rendered":"Sundance Film Festival Hit \u201cBeatriz at Dinner\u201d is a Must-See"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine having dinner with the man who killed Cecil the lion. This is the scenario filmmaker Migel Arteta created in the Sundance hit \u201cBeatriz at Dinner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beatriz (Salma Hayek), an immigrant from a poor town in Mexico, has drawn on her innate kindness to build a career as a spiritual health practitioner in Los Angeles. 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When these two opposites meet at a dinner party, their worlds collide and neither will ever be the same.<\/p>\n<p>This film explores a variety of worldly, as well as spiritual, themes such as integrity, compassion, materialism, and greed.\u00a0 Beatriz has dedicated her life to a love of all animals and focuses on her healing practices as a way to help the world, yet finds herself immensely challenged when confronted with the antithesis of all she holds dear.\u00a0 As a spiritual seeker, she strives to express the best of herself, yet feels herself brought to the brink of madness by the realities of modern life.<\/p>\n<p>The film had its world premiere at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sundance_Film_Festival\">Sundance Film Festival<\/a>\u00a0on January 23, 2017, and it is scheduled to be released \u00a0to the public on June 9, 2017.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bCLNTmNj5bI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine having dinner with the man who killed Cecil the lion. 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