Project Detail

Fish Without Bicycles

Name: Fish Without Bicycles
Director: Daisy Aitkens
Genre: Woman Director, Comedy
Released: 2017

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

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

Bad Penny Productions

Harriet Hammond
Vittoria Street
Birmingham
B1 3PE

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