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Two Bad Mice

Synopsis

Two Bad Mice is centred around Kay, a guy with two sides (one white the other black) and his attempts to find a gun, eliminate his enemies, dispose of a corpse, come to terms with himself and fall in love. All in the space of a day. Two Bad Mice is a revelatory experience, a journey through The Self.


The film takes place in South East London, a place of multiple realities/identities/cultures and histories, where absurdity, nonsense and unreality meet in dark threatening shadows. A clever, stylish, colourful, high-octane, character-driven movie that flips between realism and surrealism, melodrama and comedy.

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Features
Running time
85 mins
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Mike Hakata 1st Feature
Producer
Daniel Fermi
Executive Producer
Daniel Fermi
Director of Photography
A. J. Murray
Principal cast
Aron Paramor, Dave Walker
Screen Writer
Mike Hakata

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

April Films Ltd 12-14 Park Street London SE1 9AB Tel: 020 7378 6216 Fax: 020 7357 7617

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