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Fish Without Bicycles

Synopsis

A determined career woman fights for her idea of the perfect family. Being a lesbian won’t stop her, neither will being 40, but when her wayward girlfriend falls pregnant after a drunken one night stand – she may have pause for thought. That she herself is pregnant can only make matters more complicated. She has 9 months to decide if family can really be this crowded.

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Director
Daisy Aitkens 1st Feature
Producer
Phil Glynn, Georgia Tennant, Harriet Hammond
Screenwriter
Daisy Aitkens
Director of Photography
John de Borman
Principal cast
Faye Marsay, Lucy Punch, David Tennant, Peter Davison, Nina Sosanya, Ingrid Oliver

Genre

Woman Director Comedy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

Bad Penny Productions

Harriet Hammond
Vittoria Street
Birmingham
B1 3PE

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