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The Contract (aka Squat)

Synopsis

Two worlds collide when Nick, a wealthy hedge fund trader returns home to find squatters have occupied his country house. The London City fund manager is thrown into a race against time over one explosive night.

Details

Year
2016
Type of film
Features
Running time
100 mins
Director
Nic Auerbach
Producer
Dean Fisher, Robert Fucilla
Executive Producer
David Marconi
Editor
Kant Pan
Screenwriter
David Marconi
Director of Photography
Franz Pagot
Composer
Erran Baron Cohen
Principal cast
Robert Fucilla, Isabelle Allen, Danny Webb, Sarah Armstrong, Nicky Evans

Genre

Action Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Scanner-Rhodes Productions

Sales Company

Moviehouse Entertainment

4th Floor, 11 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LS

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