Project Detail

Brakes

Synopsis

"If you knew where it would end, would you ever begin?"
A raw, dark comedy about endings and beginnings. A failed relationship is rarely predicted but always reviewed, and the film adopts this reverse narrative.
Split into two halves, the film follows the tumultuous stories of nine couples. It plunges straight into the brutal and absurd endings of their relationships, and travels back in time to the moment when the spark of love between them first emerged. Using London as their match maker, each of their stories is unique, yet familiar to us all.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2016 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Features
Running time: 84 mins
Format: DCP
Director: Mercedes Grower 1st Feature
Producer: Mercedes Grower, Kurban Kassam
Executive Producer: Judy Counihan
Editor: Yasmine Almosawi, Andy Hage
Screenwriter: Mercedes Grower
Director of Photography: Denzil Armour Brown, Gabi Norland
Production Designer: Emma Tornero
Sound: Maciej Mariusz Miskiewicz, Alex Thomson, Guy Fixen
Composer: Quickspace, Sybil
Principal cast: Julian Barratt, Steve Oram, Paul McGann, Kerry Fox, Julia Davis, Noel Fielding, Peter Wight, Roland Gift, Seb Cardinal, Mercedes Grower, Kate Hardie

Genre

Woman Director Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Brakes Film Production

Mercedes Grower

Brakesfilm@gmail.com mercedestara@gmail.com

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