Project Detail

Postcards from London

Synopsis

Essex boy Jim is so beautiful you’d think a Greek sculpture had just come to life. But, with no future in the cultural desert that is his small town and the prospect of fame, fortune and cultural stimulation beckoning in Soho, like many before him, Jim journeys to London.
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

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Diablo Films (The Bureau) production funded with support from the BFI and Creativity Capital

Diablo Films

Soledad Gatti-Pascual
PO Box 74032
London
SW6 9JJ

soledadgp@mac.com

Sales Company

The Bureau Sales

3 passage Gustave Lepeu
75011 Paris
FRANCE

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