Project Detail

The Man With Rain In His Shoes

Name: The Man With Rain In His Shoes
Director: Maria Ripoll
Released: 1998

Synopsis

Victor Bukowski is an out-of-work actor with problems. He's got a lousy agent, he makes a habit of falling out with directors - and he's still in love with his ex-girlfriend Sylvia - who's marrying Dave tomorrow. Victor blames himself for causing the break-up of the relationship by telling her he was having an affair, and he refuses to let the past go. In desperation he has resorted to slashing his rival's tyres, bombarding Sylvia with flowers, losing all self respect in a vain effort to win her back. He discusses this with his exasperated best mate Freddy, the local tobacconist and anyone else who'll listen. And there's no love lost between Victor and Sylvia's best friend Alison. She thinks he's a phoney, neurotic clown - and she doesn't rate him much as an actor either. But Victor knows he and Sylvia had something special, something unrepeatable, and if only he'd played by the rules...

When he pours his heart out to sympathetic barmaid Diane, he finds himself embarking on an unexpected and magical emotional journey, meeting aspiring novelist Louise along the way. Drunk and dishevelled, Victor stumbles into the pouring rain and decides to end it all. But then a dustcart appears over the bridge and Victor is rescued by two dustmen Rafael and Don Miguel. Just how different would life be if Victor could go back to that warm August Bank Holiday...

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Features
Format: 35mm
Director: Maria Ripoll
Producer: Jon Slan, Gareth Jones
Director of Photography: Javier Salmones
Principal cast: Douglas Henshall, Lena Headey, Penelope Cruz, Mark Strong, Charlotte Coleman and Elizabeth McGovern
Executive Screen Writer: Rafa Russo

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Esicma c/o Handmade Films 19 Beak Street London W1R 3LB Tel: 020 7434 3132 Fax: 020 7434 3143 E Mail: (name)@handmadefilms.co.uk

Sales Company

as Production Company

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