Prevenge
Synopsis
“I wanted to write something which defied that image of the pregnant woman as this safe, sweet, kind person… I felt like motherhood is a crazy, interesting experience and it’s rarely seen on screen." (Alice Lowe)
A dark British comedy from the mind of Alice Lowe, who writes, stars and directs, all whilst genuinely 8 months pregnant.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 88 mins
- Director
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Alice Lowe 1st Feature
- Producer
- Vaughan Sivell, Will Kane, Jennifer Handorf
- Executive Producer
- Franki Goodwin, Vaughan Sivell, Mike Rattenbury, Will Kane, Mike Shirley, Andrew Thomas
- Editor
- Matteo Bini
- Screenwriter
- Alice Lowe
- Director of Photography
- Ryan Eddleston
- Production Designer
- Blair Barnette
- Sound
- Martin Pavey
- Composer
- Toydrum
- Principal cast
- Alice Lowe, Gemma Whelan, Kate Dickie, Jo Hartley, Kayvan Novak, Tom Davis, Dan Renton Skinner, Gemma Whelan, Marc Bessant, Mike Wozniak, Tom Meeten, Leila Hoffman
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Western Edge PIctures
9 Wimpole StreetLondon
W1G 9SR
Sales Company
Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (World sales excluding North America)
6th Floor16 Dufours Place
London
W1F 7SP
ICM (co-representative, North America sales)
Peter TrinhXYZ (co-representative, North America sales)
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