Roman Polanski. Photo: east news

Director Roman Polanski has finished shooting his latest film, and he has celebrated the occasion with the traditional wrap party with cast and crew.

Carnage, shot in Paris, stars Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly.

Long-standing Polish collaborator Pawel Edelman, who worked with the director on The Pianist, Oliver Twist and The Ghost Writer, took up duties as cinematographer once again.

The film is based on Yasmina Reza's award-winning play God of Carnage, a mischievous exploration of bourgeois hypocrisy.

The plot revolves around two sets of parents who try to hold a conciliatory dinner after their children scuffle in the playground. However, what is supposed to be a civilised evening soon descends into chaos.

Kate Winslet and Jodie Foster were amongst members of the cast and crew who joined Polanski at Paris’s Reservoir Club, to toast the end of the filming.

The director was reportedly given ‘the bumps’ by his colleagues, being lifted off the ground and thrust towards the ceiling.

Although the film is technically set in New York, Polanski was obliged to shoot the film in Paris, as he is still facing prosecution charges for unlawful sex with a minor.

The French government has pledged to stand by the director, in spite of the extradition affair of 2009-10, during which the director was arrested and detained in Switzerland.

Carnage is due for release in 2012. (nh)

Source: The Daily Mail (UK)