Project Detail

Rare Beasts

Synopsis

Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a boy, Larch, in a female revolution and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete, who seeks traditional dynamics and a sense of worth in this current female movement.
Venice Critics' Week 2019 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Running time: 92 min
Director: Billie Piper 1st Feature
Producer: Vaughan Sivell
Co-Producer: Tom Wood
Executive Producer: Franki Goodwin, Will Kane, Mike Rattenbury, Vaughan Sivell, Eloise Singer, Luke Dundas, Paul Higgins, Ben Pugh, Billie Piper, Josh Varney, Jim Reeve and Robert Halmi, Jeff K Clarke, Claire Lee, Stephen Wallace, Adam Partridge, Keith Potter
Editor: Hazel Baillie
Screenwriter: Billie Piper
Director of Photography: Patrick Meller
Production Designer: Sarah Kane
Principal cast: Billie Piper, Leo Bill, Toby Woolf, David Thewlis, Kerry Fox, Lily James

Genre

Woman Director Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Western Edge Pictures production in association with 42MP, Fields Park, GPM, WGM

Western Edge Pictures

9 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 9SR

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