Projects matching: Ben Wheatley

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Based on the novel by J. G. Ballard: London, 1975. A slick apartment tower rises above the Thames, the beginnings of what will soon become the world's biggest financial hub. Dominating the landscape, it is simply called the HIGH-RISE... its address a mark of exclusivity.
Its newest resident is Robert Laing, an ambitious young doctor utterly seduced by the lifestyle and cutting-edge technology the high-rise has to offer. He is introduced to the seedy underbelly of the high-rise by Wilder, a charismatic provocateur. The cracks in this apparently flawless society grow rapidly, and Laing is shocked at the depravity he sees. Life in the high-rise quickly descends into madness and violence, and Laing finds himself amongst the marauding hordes of bloodthirsty tenants who take over the building, floor by floor.
Toronto International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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A woman who studies butterflies and moths tests the limits of her relationship with her lover.
Toronto International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

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Mushrooms, madness and gold contribute to dark deeds in Civil War era rural England.

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Chris (Steve Oram) wants to show Tina (Alice Lowe) his world and he wants to do it his way – on a journey through this sceptred isle in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. Tina’s led a sheltered life and there are things that Chris needs her to see – the Crich Tramway Museum, the Ribblehead Viaduct, the Keswick Pencil Museum and the rolling countryside that separates these wonders in his life. But it doesn’t take long for the dream to fade. Litterbugs, noisy teenagers and pre-booked caravan sites, not to mention Tina’s meddling mother, soon conspire to shatter Chris’s dreams and send him, and anyone who rubs him up the wrong way, over a very jagged edge…

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Eight months after a disastrous job in Kiev left him physically and mentally scarred, ex-soldier turned contract killer, Jay, is pressured by his partner, Gal, into taking a new assignment. As they descend into the dark, disturbing world of the contract, Jay begins to unravel once again – his fear and paranoia sending him deep into the heart of darkness. 

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Bill and Karl, a father and son outfit, have just got out of jail free - but all is not well in Down Terrace - For Karl, life in Billworld has become intolerable and he's close to the edge, in fact, he's falling over it.
A darkly comic and deeply disturbing slice of social surrealism featuring the cream of British comedy character actors, 'Down Terrace' is the debut feature film from director Ben Wheatley. Think Ken Loach on Acid - the new wave of kitchen sink starts here.