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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 28-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Cast
Maxine Peake
Celia
Geoff Bell
Mick
Adeel Akhtar
Jerry
Sylvestra Le Touzel
Evelyn
Anamaria Marinca
Elena
Shane Zaza
Chicken Man
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Michael Pearce
- Writers
- Selina Lim
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Michael Pearce directs. Benjamin Kračun behind the camera. Stuart Earl scores. Maya Maffioli cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 28-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 13 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Michael Pearce, shot by Benjamin Kračun. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Stuart Earl. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Maya Maffioli shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Maxine Peake and Geoff Bell and Adeel Akhtar carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt3185264 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Benjamin Kračun
- Original score
- Stuart Earl
- Editing
- Maya Maffioli
- Production design
- Laura Ellis Cricks
- Costume design
- Jo Thompson
- Makeup / hair
- Carla Eve
- Runtime
- 28 min · 0h 28m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Michael Pearce
Community reviews
What people are saying
- CinemaSerf★ 6/10
In a leafy suburb, "Celia" (Maxine Peake) is having her morning coffee when a stranger appears at her door asking for her MP husband. He's not at home, so she closes her door and returns to her kitchen - only to find the agitated "Jerry" (Adeel Akhtar) and his henchman-looking pal "Mick" (Geoff Ball) already helping themselves to her Darjeeling. Now we already know that "Gerry" is a little on the unstable side, so when they demand a meeting with her spouse she thinks it best and safest that they just politely wait for him to get home. A visit from her neighbour quickly disavows her of that theory and before we know it, they are on their way to the home of his mistress and that's where we start to feel a distinct shift in the dynamic between these three characters. There are the ingredients for something more here, but the delivery is all a bit flat and the writing does nothing to enhance the stereotype-busting characterisations - especially as we learn a little more about both "Celia" and the enigmatic "Mick". Akhtar is there to provide the comedy relief, but he overcooks what seems to have come more from the Hammer Horror book of axe-wielding jokes than from anything original, and the whole film sort of runs out of steam. The production has the look of a television episode to it and despite the potential from it's cast, I found it all a bit disappointing.
Production companies
Who made it
- IN
Incendiary Features
Splice Post
GB
Key crew
- ProducerMegan Rubens
- Executive ProducerNicky Bentham
- Executive ProducerEmily Kyriakides
- EditorMaya Maffioli
- EditorImmanuel von Bennigsen
- CastingRose Wicksteed
- Production DesignLaura Ellis Cricks
- Art DirectionKatie Gormley
- Set DecorationCandice Marchlewski
- Costume DesignJo Thompson
- Makeup ArtistCarla Eve
- Makeup ArtistJenny Rhodes
- GafferJonathan Spencer
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2013-10-18
