Project Detail

My Accomplice

Synopsis

'My Accomplice' is an off-beat comedy about falling in love, set in Brighton, featuring songs and live performances from local bands Transformer, Bob Wants His Head Back and The Mountain Firework Company. An ill-starred search for the village of Wivelsfield, the personal politics of perestroika in the wider context of David Hasselhoff, apricot flapjacks, abruptly unpredictable weather, gathering evidence of a seagull conspiracy, and a small cast of everyday eccentrics that usually don’t make it into films: Bulgarians, adults with learning disabilities, very tall women and elective mutes. In a city of this many vulnerable adults, Frank and Ilse might never have met.
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
92 mins
Director
Charlie Weaver Rolfe 1st Feature
Producer
Martyn Holmes
Executive Producer
Marlene Rolfe, Julie Christie
Editor
Charlie Behrens, Martyn Holmes, Tom Sands
Screenwriter
Charlie Weaver Rolfe
Director of Photography
Barbara Nicholls, Agata Bogacka
Production Designer
Lorna Copp
Sound
Pietro Giordano, Kirstie Howell,
Composer
Sally Magee
Principal cast
Dimitrina Elliott, John Fitzmaurice, Alan Gilchrist

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

John Said Productions

35A Inwood Crescent
Brighton
BN1 5AP

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