WHO’S IN IT?
Pierce Brosnan (Goldeneye), Toni Collette (Little Miss Sunshine), Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), Imogen Poots (Filth), Sam Neill (Jurassic Park), Rosamund Pike (The World’s End), Tuppence Middleton (Trance), Joe Cole (Now Is Good), Diana Kent (Billy Elliott)
WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?
Pascal Chaumeil (Heartbreaker), director; Jack Thorne (The Scouting Book For Boys), writer; Finola Dwyer (An Education) and Amanda Posey (The Perfect Catch), producers; Dario Marianelli (Atonement), composer; Ben Davis (Kick-Ass), cinematographer; Chris Gill (28 Days Later…) and Barney Pilling (Never Let Me Go), editors
WHAT’S IT ABOUT?
Disgraced TV personality Martin (Brosnan) decides to jump from the roof of a London skyscraper on New Year’s Eve… only to find three other people – single mother Maureen (Collette), privileged teen Jess (Poots) and failed musician JJ (Paul) – have the exact same idea. Together, they decide to form a group dedicated to staying alive together, until Valentine’s Day…
IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?
Nick Hornby’s acclaimed novel gets the big-screen treatment with a stellar cast and a confident story about unconfident characters.
