Project Detail

The State of Us

A young man is standing out of car sun-roof as another young man drives the car
A young man lays next to another, both are deep in thought.
A young woman stands in red hazy room next to a young man
Two smiling young men stand in red hazy room

Synopsis

A coming-of-age odyssey of love, loss and life at breaking point. Over one riotous night in Bradford, Frankie steals his dying best friend Taylor out of hospice to outrun the inevitable.
Euphoria spirals into chaos as Frankie unravels and Taylor fights to hold him together. Beneath exploding fireworks, the truth ignites: how far Frankie will go not to be left behind. At dawn, the illusion collapses, leaving Frankie to confront an impossible future: a world without Taylor.

Details

Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Format
Digital / 1:33 : 1
Director
Jake Harvey, Ollie Gardner 1st Feature
Producer
Pippa Cross, Jake Harvey, Dylan Rees
Executive Producer
James Spring, James Scott, Alistair Mavor, Rachael Hunter, Janette Day
Editor
Chris Gill, Abi Wright
Screenwriter
Jake Harvey
Director of Photography
Yunus Roy Imer
Production Designer
Helen Watson
Sound
Lee Crichlow
Composer
Tom Ogden
Principal cast
Callum Scott Howells, Samuel Bottomley, Frances Barber, Safia Oakley-Green, Seamus O'Hara

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Naughty Pictures

Jake Harvey
5 Hazelgrove Road
Haywards Heath
RH16 3PH

Sales Company

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