Project Detail

Living in Hope

Synopsis

Posh is a fresher at Cabot University and on the same corridor in Hope Hall as Liam, Harry, Animal and Footsie. Liam is Irish, in love with Reena and wants to go home. Footsie is the quiet northerner who's at university to work. Harry's a cockney who wishes he wasn't. Animal's a sports fanatic proving himself to an over-competitive dad. And Posh is a public schoolboy who loves life but can't seem to love anyone.

It's fresher's week and Posh wants to chase girls and hang out with chinless public school wasters. Until he knocks down Animal while driving Footsie to a party. At the hospital he meets Liam and Harry and an unexpected friendship begins.

Posh lusts after Michaela, who fancies Liam, who hardly notices. Ginny is in love with Posh who definitely doesn't notice.

Posh invites the lads to his aunt's house on the moor. Animal turns it down to fulfil his dream of playing in the universtiy rugby team. But he isn't picked so he comes too, setting in motion events that force the lads, and Posh especially, to re-evaluate life and love.

And of course, there's a very tall bridge to jump off.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Features
Running time
87 mins
Format
35mm
Director
John Miller
Producer
Guy de Beaujeu
Editor
Nick Packer
Screenwriter
Guy de Beaujeu
Director of Photography
Terry Flaxton
Sound
Gary Stadden, Adam Tavner
Composer
Supertoys, Sophie Lechner
Principal cast
Tom Harper, Paul Foster, Liam McMahon, Robin Edwards, Naomie Harris

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Fluidity Films

65 Elton Road, Bristol
BS7 8DG
UK

T +44 (0)117 942 1976

guy@fluidityfilms.com

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