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The World We Knew

Synopsis

England. The present day. After a job goes bad, six armed robbers must spend a single night at a deserted safe house. But during their stay malevolent apparitions appear and the men find themselves fighting for their lives and their sanity. What is real and what is the product of their tormented minds? Haunted by their past misdemeanours, mutual distrust and by things that go bump in the night the men start to lose their fragile grip on reality. But is it guilt or ghosts that finally push them over the edge? And who - or what - will step out of the front door the next day? THE WORLD WE KNEW is a modern Film Noir with an existential twist – think RESERVOIR DOGS shot by Jean-Pierre Melville.

Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
78 min
Format
Digital (Arri Alexa)
Director
WW Jones & Luke Skinner 1st Feature
Producer
Andy Orr
Executive Producer
James Buchanan
Editor
William Martin
Screenwriter
Kirk Lake & WW Jones
Director of Photography
Laurens Scott
Production Designer
Sal Pittman
Sound
Michael F. Bates
Composer
The Limiñanas
Principal cast
Struan Rodger, Finbar Lynch, Johann Myers, Kirk Lake, Alex Wells
Soundtrack Note
Includes an original soundtrack by French band The Limiñanas (who are currently working with Anton Newcombe and French actress/singer Emmanuelle Seigner as part of L'Épée).

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