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An American Nobody in London

Synopsis

A nervous young American flees a psychotic girlfriend and escapes to London. Befriended by an 'Artful Dodger' charity worker, will he be able to get escape the crazy ex, battle his way through putting the pieces of his life back together and find the girl of his dreams?

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
89 mins
Format
DV
Director
Anit Bashar 1st Feature
Producer
Douglas Elford-Argent
Co-Producer
Douglas Elford-Argent
Editor
Anit Bashar
Screenwriter
Anit Bashar
Director of Photography
Theo Davies
Composer
Anit Bashar
Principal cast
Ciaran O' Driscoll, Jonathan Hansler, Kirsty Besterman

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Perception Pictures Limited

6 Boyd Road
Colliers Wood
London SW19 2DG
UK

T +44 (0)7980 212893

anit.bashar@perceptionpictures.com

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