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Heartless
Starring: Timothy Spall, Jim Sturgess, Clémence Poésy, Eddie Marsan, Noel Clarke
Directed by: Philip Ridley
Screenplay by: Philip Ridley
Release: November 19th, 2010
MPAA Rating: None.
Studio: IFC Films
Domestic: $3,697 (100.0%)
Foreign: ---
Total: $3,697 (Worldwide)
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![]() Jim Sturgess leads a hugely-talented ensemble cast in this sublime British psychological thriller from cult UK director Philip Ridley, who returns to the screen after a 14-year absence.
The film follows Jamie Morgan (Jim Sturgess), born with a disfiguring birthmark across his face, which leaves him an outcast in rough East London. While wandering abandoned yards taking photographs, he comes across a gang of thugs and soon discovers that they are something other than human. He then is led into a Faustian deal that will see him become a party to the terrifying chaos around him. Part Donnie Darko, part Guillermo del Toro, this dark urban tale takes its audience to the darkest and most violent corners of the human heart.
The film also stars Clémence Poésy, Noel Clarke, Joseph Mawle, Eddie Marsan, LukeTreadaway and Timothy Spall, and was produced by Pippa Cross and Richard Raymond. The film recently won the Best Independent Film Award at the Toronto After Dark Festival.
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