Project Detail

Yardie

Synopsis

Jamaica, 1973. When a young boy witnesses his brother’s assassination, a powerful don gives him a home. Ten years later he is sent on a mission to London. He reunites with his girlfriend and their daughter, but then the past catches up with them.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - World Cinema Dramatic Competition - World premiere

Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Features
Running time: 101 mins
Director: Idris Elba 1st Feature
Producer: Gina Carter, Robin Gutch
Executive Producer: Dan MacRae, Danny Perkins, Joe Oppenheimer, Hugo Heppell, Mark Herbert, Mary Burke, Ben Roberts, Idris Elba
Editor: Justine Wright
Screenwriter: Brock Norman Brock (script), Martin Stellman (script), Victor Headley (novel)
Director of Photography: John Conroy
Production Designer: Damien Creagh
Composer: Dickon Hinchliffe
Principal cast: Aml Ameen, Mark Rhino Smith, Naomi Ackie, Akin Gazi, Shantol Jackson, Stephen Graham, Fraser James, Sheldon Shepherd, Everaldo Cleary

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

A Warp Films production in association with StudioCanal, BBC Films, BFI, Screen Yorkshire

Warp Films

33 Riding House Street
London
W1W 7DZ

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Sales Company

StudioCanal

4 Pancras Square
London
N1C 4AG

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