Project Detail

This Is What It Is

Bruce Melhuish

Synopsis

"As Christmas approached I wanted nothing more than to drown in a pool of whiskey and nostalgia but with the support of the friends Kelly thought would lead me astray, I slowly and agonisingly recover from a broken heart. From those long lonely Sunday afternoons where all I could do was wonder what or who she was doing. Through to the thrill of a hot summer's date with a girl I fancied and the horror of realising she wouldn't be spending the night. Leaving me all alone, not wanting to go home and calling every woman in my phone book. Then eighteen months later, cool calm evenings of spring and here I am full of health and hope. I even have a new girlfriend - then of course I bump in to Kelly and it all starts to unravel again."
Full of funny and acute observations THIS IS WHAT IT IS, is a candid and very personal account of love as seen from the male perspective.

Details

Year: 2007
Type of film: Features
Running time: 98 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Cristian Solimeno 1st Feature
Producer: Kaleem Aftab, Jesse Lawrence
Editor: Cristian Solimeno, Bruce Melhuish
Screenwriter: Cristian Solimeno
Director of Photography: Bruce Melhuish
Principal cast: Cristian Solimeno, Nick Cox, Simon Sherlock, Brett Allan, Jesse Lawrence, Roger Mensah, Lorraine Burroughs, Fleur Cooper

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

La Famiglia Films

c/o Kaleem Aftab

kalaftab@gmail.com

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