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North V South (aka Long Time Coming - North vs South)

Synopsis

For decades the criminal underworlds of the North and South UK bumped along begrudgingly. Like the Cold War, territories were respected out of the necessity to avoid apocalypse, with each side covertly keeping tabs on the other’s capability. Such a precarious false harmony could not last forever. Now someone has crossed the line, and there’s no going back. An Illicit love affair smolders, breaking taboo and threatening catastrophe at the smallest mistake. It is a romance of purest, unadulterated love, yet so forbidden that it’s discovery would wreak unbridled carnage.
Edinburgh International Film Festival - World premiere

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 mins
Director
Steven Nesbit
Producer
Benjamin Foottit, Mark Foligno
Editor
Kim Gaster
Screenwriter
Steven Nesbit
Director of Photography
Kyle Heslop
Production Designer
John Ellis
Composer
Neil Athale
Principal cast
Brad Moore, Freema Agyeman, Steven Berkoff, Bernard Hill, Greta Scacchi, Elliott Tittensor, Keith Allen, Charlotte Hope, Geoff Bell, Steve Evets, Oliver Cotton, Dom Monot, Gary Cargill, Sydney Wade

Genre

Action Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

North South Films Ltd

41 Chalton Street
London
NW1 1JD

Sales Company

Carnaby International Sales

Alice Kidd
2 Essex House
47 Oxford Street
London
W1D 2EB

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