RAY & LIZ (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Ella Smith (The Voices), Deirdre Kelly (film debut), Justin Salinger (Everest), Patrick Romer (Curse of the Phoenix), Jacob Tuton (film debut), Sam Plant (film debut), Callum Slater (film debut), Joshua Millard-Lloyd (Nativity Rocks!), Tony Way (Edge of Tomorrow), Sam Gittins (Howl), Michelle Bonnard (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Richard Billingham (film debut), director, writer; Jacqui Davies (Female Human Animal), producer; Daniel Landin (Under The Skin), cinematographer; Tracy Granger (Boys Don’t Cry), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In 1990, young Richard Billingham (Tuton) lives in a small Birmingham flat with his dysfunction parents, Ray (Salinger) and Liz (Smith), who both have serious issues that overshadow their responsibilities to their children…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Photographer Richard Billingham recounts his dysfunctional childhood and the two central figures who made it far more unconventional than it ever needed to be.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH MARCH 2019

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