Nefarious
Synopsis
Sometimes, it turns on you...”
Darren, Lou, Jo and Mas live a meagre existence on the fringes of poverty. Indebted to the criminal kingpin of their social housing development, they routinely fear for their lives. On the other side of town, the already wealthy
Marcus and his mentally handicapped brother Clive receive a windfall in the form of a winning lottery ticket. When their worlds collide following a botched robbery, the would-be criminals get more than they bargained for, and will be tested to their limits in a desperate attempt to survive a predator of monstrous proportions.
Details
- Year
- 2019
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 79 mins
- Format
- Black Magic Digital 4K
- Director
-
Richard Rowntree
- Producer
- Richard Rowntree, Matthew Davies, Christopher Foulser, Lee Wignall
- Co-Producer
- Neil Babbage, Craig Dorme, James Griffiths, Jo Southwell
- Executive Producer
- Nigel Brett, Wendy Rowntree, Stuart Davies, Lyndsey Davies, John Barber, Mark Stanton
- Editor
- Lee Wignall
- Screenwriter
- Richard Rowntree, Matthew Davies
- Director of Photography
- Christopher Foulser
- Production Designer
- Melanie Wignall
- Sound
- Craig Dormer, Ben Bell, Joel Summers, Stephen Cummings, Thomas William Watson
- Composer
- James Griffiths, Stacey De Looze
- Principal cast
- Toby Wynn-Davies, Nadia Lamin, Buck Braithwaite, Gregory A Smith, Abbey Gillett, Omari Lake-Pottinger
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Ash Mountain Films Ltd
c/o Richard Rowntree58 St Davids Close
Iver Heath
Bucks
SL0 0RT
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