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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

Categories

Fiction

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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