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Love and Other Disasters

Synopsis

Jacks is an assistant editor at UK Vogue and forms the centre of her group of friends, taking an 'Emma'-like role as she match-makes and steers them through their disastrous relationships. Her gay flatmate Peter is a particular focus of her repeated attempts to help him find true love. But when will Jacks realise she needs to focus on her own less than ideal love life? And when will Peter stop letting his imagination of the ideal lover get in the way of real-life happiness?

Love and Other Disasters provides us with a witty glance into a glittering group of friends and their London life, whilst examining the difference between life and love as it is in the movies and how it is in real life.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Alek Keshishian
Producer
Alison Owen, Alek Keshishian, Virginnie Silla
Screenwriter
Alek Keshishian
Director of Photography
Pierre Morel
Principal cast
Brittany Murphy, Matthew Rhys, Catherine Tate, Santiago Cabrera, Elliot Cowan

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Ruby Films

26 Lloyd Baker Street
London WC1X 9AW
UK

T +44 (0)20 7833 9990

info@rubyfilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Europa Corp

137 Rue Du faubourg saint-Honore
75008 Paris, France

T +33 1 53 83 03 03

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