Postcards from London
Synopsis
On his first night, Jim is robbed and left penniless. He spends the night in an intricately made DIY cardboard box home with a homeless kid who suggests he join ‘The Raconteurs’ – a coterie of male escorts whose unique selling point is their encyclopedic knowledge of the arts.
What follows is Jim’s comic descent from unsuccessful escort, to artist’s muse and art authenticator – a journey complicated by a rare psychosomatic condition called ‘Stendhal Syndrome’ which renders him painfully oversensitive to art. Jim’s encounters with paintings by artists such as Caravaggio cause fainting and hallucinations. But while this condition threatens to bring about his downfall it might also open up new opportunities if Jim is willing to grab them.
Official Selection BFI Flare London LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2018 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 88 mins
- Director
-
Steve McLean
- Producer
- Soledad Gatti-Pascual
- Editor
- Stephen Boucher
- Screenwriter
- Steve McLean
- Director of Photography
- Annika Summerson
- Production Designer
- Ollie Tiong
- Composer
- Julian Bayliss
- Principal cast
- Harris Dickinson, Leonardo Salerni, Ben Cura, Leo Hatton, Jonah Hauer-King, Raphael Esprez, Richard Durden
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
A Diablo Films (The Bureau) production funded with support from the BFI and Creativity Capital
Diablo Films
Soledad Gatti-PascualPO Box 74032
London
SW6 9JJ
Sales Company
The Bureau Sales
3 passage Gustave Lepeu75011 Paris
FRANCE
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