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Synopsis

Based on the bestselling cult novel by Tom McCarthy, the plot follows a young man who tries to reconstruct his past out of fragmented memories. His obsessive efforts are funded by a large financial settlement for an accident he cannot remember, but neither his friends nor he can anticipate the extremes he will go to in realising his quest.
BFI London Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 mins
Director
Omer Fast 1st Feature
Producer
Natasha Dack Ojumo, Malte Grunert
Executive Producer
Eve Gabereau, Markus Hannebauer, Etan Ilfeld, Lizzie Francke, Phoebe Greenberg, Penny Mancuso,
Editor
Andrew Bird
Screenwriter
Omer Fast (screenplay), Tom McCarthy (novel)
Director of Photography
Lukas Strebel
Production Designer
Adrian Smith
Principal cast
Tom Sturridge, Ed Speleers, Cush Jumbo, Arsher Ali, Laurence Spellman, Shaun Prendergast

Production Status

Production Company

UK, Germany coproduction

Tigerlily Films (UK), Amusement Park Film GmbH (DE)

Tigerlily Films

Sales Company

The Match Factory

Balthasarstrasse 79-81
50670 Cologne
Germany

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