Project Detail

How to Be

Synopsis

A wry coming-of-age comedy about 20-something Arthur who gets dumped by his girlfriend, moves back in with his parents and hits a quarter-life crisis. Arthur uses inheritance money to indulge in retail and new age therapies only to end up enlisting the help of an eccentric self-help guru, Dr. Ellington. Arthur’s painfully funny journey to define his existence brings to the fore the dysfunctional relationship he has with his parents and the importance in his life of his odd-ball friends. How To Be is a timely look at increasingly common phenomena: grown-up children living at home, frustrated creativity and self-help.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of film: Features
Running time: 83 mins
Format: S16mm
Director: Oliver Irving
Producer: Justin Kelly
Editor: Reuben Irving, Peter Davies
Screenwriter: Oliver Irving
Director of Photography: Paul Swann
Production Designer: Nic Tuft
Sound: Tim Barker
Music: Joe Hastings
Principal cast: Robert Pattinson, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Harding, Michael Irving, Powell Jones, Michael Pearce, Johny white, Alisa Arnah

Genre

Drama Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

How To Films Ltd

Justin Kelly

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