Directed by:
Simon AboudCinematography:
John LynchCast:
Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd, Timothy Spall, Geoff Bell, Josef Altin, Matt Stokoe, Lee Asquith-Coe, Anthony Welsh, Ben Cura, Lee Whitlock (more)Plots(1)
Actually, all he wanted to do was ask her out to a concert. When Smith, a page at a five-star London hotel meets Mary Bright, a sales assistant working at a discerning jewellers, he's well and truly smitten. But no sooner does Sam enter the posh portals than a group of heavily armed men bursts into the shop. The raid soon becomes disastrous: Sam is knocked to the ground and a female customer, an innocent bystander, is shot and killed. When a police armed response unit surrounds the building the thieves try to flee but are caught in hefty crossfire. Sam, Mary and her boss Charlie are now alone with two criminals – one an unpredictable, stuttering psychopath and the other, a wounded man who is very testy. The two men give their hostages a hard time. But while the gangsters furiously plan their escape route to the strains of soothing classical music, Sam, Charlie and Mary manage to find time for conversation. Plans for the future? Events come to a head: unable to contact the Minister for Home Affairs, the police allow their final ultimatum to come and go. Nonetheless, a romantic love story – in spite of everything. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Craig Roberts
UK
Best movies:
Care (2000) (TV movie)
Jane Eyre (2011)
The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Imogen Poots
UK
Best movies:
The Father (2020)
V for Vendetta (2005)
Jane Eyre (2011)
Kevin McKidd
UK
Best movies:
Trainspotting (1996)
Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013)
Anna Karenina (2000) (series)
Timothy Spall
UK
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Last Samurai (2003)
Geoff Bell
UK
Best movies:
The Long Firm (2004) (TV movie)
Stardust, le mystère de l'étoile (2007)
Ripper Street (2012) (series)
Josef Altin
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Boy A (2007)
Eastern Promises (2007)
Matt Stokoe
UK
Best movies:
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Outlaw King (2018)
Grace (2021) (series)
Lee Asquith-Coe
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
The Imitation Game (2014)
Anthony Welsh
UK
Best movies:
Journeyman (2017)
Calm with Horses (2019)
Starred Up (2013)
Ben Cura
Argentina
Best movies:
Comes a Bright Day (2012)
15 Minutes of War (2019)
Paganini: The Devil's Violinist (2013)
Lee Whitlock
Best movies:
Prime Suspect: The Final Act (2006) (TV movie)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Ill Manors (2012)
Scott Bradley
Best movies:
Maleficent (2014)
St George's Day (2012)
Comes a Bright Day (2012)