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Completed - ENGLISH - Black comedy - 89 minutes

Log Line

Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn. A new and dark comedy from director Ben Wheatley.

Previous markets

  • AFM 2011 (Debut)
  • Berlin EFM 2012 (Line up)
  • Cannes 2012 (Premiere)
  • Toronto 2012 (Screening)
Full history

Year of production : 2011

Director(s) : Ben WHEATLEY
Writer(s) : Alice LOWE, Steve ORAM, Amy JUMP
Cast : Alice LOWE, Steve ORAM

Producer(s) : Nira PARK (Big Talk Pictures), Claire JONES (Rook Films), Andy STARK (Rook Films)

Synopsis

Chris (Steve Oram) wants to show Tina (Alice Lowe) his world and he wants to do it his way - on a journey through the British Isles in his beloved Abbey Oxford Caravan. But it doesn't take long for the dream to fade. Litterbugs, noisy teenagers and pre-booked caravan sites, not to mention Tina's meddling mother, soon conspire to shatter Chris's dreams and send him, and anyone who rubs him up the wrong way, over a very jagged edge...

Production

Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM

Start of shooting : October 2011

AUSTRALIA RIALTO DISTRIBU
AUSTRIA Mar 08, 2013 LUNA FILMVERLEI
BELGIUM Feb 20, 2013 CINÉART BELGIUM
FRANCE WILD SIDE VIDEO
FRANCE Dec 26, 2012 LE PACTE
GERMANY Feb 28, 2013 MFA+ FILMDISTRI
HUNGARY CIRKO FILM KFT.
ITALY ACADEMY TWO
JAPAN TRANSFORMER, IN
NETHERLAND Jan 31, 2013 CINÉART NETHERL
NORWAY Feb 28, 2014 TOUR DE FORCE A
NORWAY FILM & KINO
PORTUGAL VENDETTA FILMES
RUSSIA ORGANIC FILMS
SPAIN FESTIVAL FILMS
SWEDEN Jul 26, 2013 NONSTOP ENTERTA
SWEDEN STUDIO S ENTERT
SWITZERLAN CINEWORX GMBH
USA IFC FILMS / IFC
USA IFC FILMS / IFC
USA Jul 26, 2013 MUBI, INC

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Festivals and Awards

Directors' Fortnight 2012 Directors' Fortnight
Toronto - TIFF 2012 Vanguard
Sitges - Intl Fantastic FF of Catalonia 2012 - Oficial Fantastic (Best Actress Alice Lowe, Best Screenplay)
Mar Del Plata IFF 2012 - Competencia Internacional (Silver Astor for Best Screenplay)


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