Directed by:
Paul KingCinematography:
John SorapureCast:
Edward Hogg, Simon Farnaby, Verónica Echegui, Richard Ayoade, Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Sylvia Syms, James Fox, Rich Fulcher, George Newton (more)Plots(1)
BUNNY & THE BULL is a road movie set entirely in a flat. Stephen Turnbull (Edward Hogg) hasn’t left the house in months. When an infestation of mice wreaks havoc on his precious routine, he finds his mind hurtling back to the disastrous trek round Europe he undertook the previous year with his best friend Bunny (Simon Farnaby). It all began with a feeble attempt to declare his feelings in a hokey Captain Crab restaurant. Stephen is devastated to discover that the great love of his life has put him firmly in “the friend zone”. Bunny proposes that they go on holiday, determined to do something about “those walloping great space-hoppers” that Stephen has “clanging around in his pants”. At the local bookies, Stephen breaks the habit of a lifetime and takes a risk, putting fifty quid on a rank outsider. With the winnings, they launch themselves into a debauched road trip where they stumble upon a demented dog-loving tramp (Julian Barratt), an alcoholic ex-matador (Noel Fielding) and a quite astonishingly dull tour-guide (Richard Ayoade). But it is the superstitious waitress Eloisa (Veronica Echegui) who steals their hearts. An unlikely love triangle develops which propels them from the industrial wastelands of Poland to the haunting bull fields of Spain, where we finally reach the heart of Bunny & the Bull. A year later, Stephen’s flat becomes the springboard for an extraordinary journey through his memory. Like Alice in Wonderland, he finds himself on a voyage through psychedelic lands made up of snapshots and souvenir replica landmarks, newspapers and old clock parts. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Edward Hogg
UK
Best movies:
Imagine (2012)
Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
Alfie (2004)
Simon Farnaby
UK
Best movies:
Paddington 2 (2017)
Christopher Robin (2018)
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Verónica Echegui
Spain
Best movies:
Kamikaze (2014)
Bunny and the Bull (2009)
The Patients of Dr. García (2023) (series)
Richard Ayoade
UK
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Julian Barratt
UK
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Noel Fielding
UK
Best movies:
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (series)
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything (2016) (TV movie)
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Sylvia Syms
UK
Best movies:
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The World of Suzie Wong (1960)
James Fox
UK
Best movies:
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Rich Fulcher
USA
Best movies:
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George Newton
UK
Best movies:
Control (2007)
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Paddington (2014)
Madeleine Worrall
UK
Best movies:
Paddington (2014)
Stage Beauty (2004)
Bunny and the Bull (2009)