Project Detail

Set the Thames on Fire

Synopsis

A dark comedy, set in a fantasy London of darkness, dawns and dusks. It concerns two boys, dressed in rags and living in a little room that looks out over their ruined city, living on the edge of society, trying to survive. Despite the darkness and danger, the boys find solace and laughter in one another and bloom like weeds in the gutter. With nothing to lose, they fall through the clockwork of the city in search of escape, and perhaps even hope renewed.

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Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: Digital Alexa pro res 444
Director: Ben Charles Edwards 1st Feature
Producer: Sadie Frost, Emma Comley
Co-Producer: Anna Smith
Executive Producer: Andrew Green, Ben White
Editor: Darren Baldwin
Screenwriter: Al Joshua
Director of Photography: Sergio Delgado
Production Designer: James Hatt
Sound: Patch Rowland
Composer: Al Joshua
Principal cast: Michael Winder, Max Bennet, Noel Fielding, Sally Phillips, Gerard McDermott, Lily Loveless, David Hoyle, Sadie Frost, Portia Freeman

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Horror Comedy Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Blonde to Black Pictures

Emma Comley
55 Dean Street
London
W1D 6AF

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