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A Guide to Second Date Sex

Synopsis

Laura and Ryan are perfect for each other: they both love Meryl Streep, have been totally destroyed by previous relationships, and they have no idea what they are supposed to do tonight. They also both know that they’ll have to pretend to be completely different to how they’ve ever been previously, in the hope of getting it right this time.
How bad can a second date really go and what is there to lose? Ryan and Laura are about to find out…
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Details

Year
2018
Type of film
Features
Running time
c. 98 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Rachel Hirons 1st Feature
Producer
Maggie Monteith, Paul Raphael
Executive Producer
Chris Reed, Adam Rolston
Screenwriter
Rachel Hirons
Director of Photography
Paul MacKay
Production Designer
Olivia Young
Principal cast
George MacKay, Alexandra Roach

Genre

Drama Comedy Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

A Dignity Film Finance, Addington Films, Shooting Script Films production

Addington Films

Maggie Monteith

Dignity Film Finance

Maggie Monteith, Adrianna Allenby

Sales Company

AMP International

Timo Suomi
18 Finsbury Square
London
EC2A 1AH

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