The Effects of Lying
Synopsis
A dark comedy with real heart, that seeks to bring a new, urgent representation of contemporary British Asian families to international screens.
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 85 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Isher Sahota 1st Feature
- Producer
- Jon Tarcy
- Co-Producer
- Greg Schroeder
- Executive Producer
- Elliot Grove, Ash Verma
- Editor
- Joshua Whitelaw
- Screenwriter
- James Hey, Parmjit Gill
- Director of Photography
- Adam Singodia
- Production Designer
- Ida Fly Hedkvist
- Sound
- Roland Heap
- Composer
- Luis Almau
- Principal cast
- Ace Bhatti, Laila Rouass, Lauren Patel, Navin Chowdhry, Mark Williams, Shaheen Khan, Bhasker Patel
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Bonaparte Films
Building 15Gateway 1000
Stevenage
Herts.
SG1 2FP
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