PREVIEW: Brian and Charles (PG)

WHO’S IN IT?

David Earl (Cemetery Junction), Chris Hayward (SOS: Save Our Skins), Louise Brealey (Containment), Jamie Michie (Outlaw King), Nina Sosanya (Love Actually), Lynn Hunter (Submarine), Lowri Izzard (film debut), Mari Izzard (film debut), Cara Chase (Mr. Jones), Sunil Patel (I’m Not in Love), Rishi Nair (The Forbidden Note), Colin Bennett (Rebecca)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jim Archer (film debut), director; David Earl (film debut) and Chris Hayward (SOS: Save Our Skins), writers; Rupert Majendie (film debut), producer; Murren Tullett (Palace of Fun), cinematographer; Jo Walker (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Brian (Earl), a lonely inventor living in a remote Welsh town, decides to build himself a robot companion. Using an old washing machine and various spare parts, he creates “Charles”, an artificially intelligent robot with an unusual fascination for cabbages, who helps Brian overcome some of his social anxieties…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

A feature adaptation of their co-penned short film of the same name, David Earl and Chris Hayward form the year’s most unlikely buddy dynamic in this big-hearted British sci-fi comedy.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 8TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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