Adult Life Skills
| Adult Life Skills (film) | |
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| Directed by | Rachel Tunnard |
| Produced by | Michael Berliner |
| Written by | Rachel Tunnard |
| Starring | Jodie Whittaker Ozzy Myers Brett Goldstein Alice Lowe Lorraine Ashbourne Eileen Davies Edward Hogg Rachael Deering |
| Cinematography | Bet Rourich |
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Production
company |
Pico Pictures
Creative England |
| Distributed by | Independent Film Company (international sales), Lorton Distribution (UK), NonStop Entertainment (Scandinavia) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
Adult Life Skills (formerly known as 'How To Live Yours') is a 2016 British comedy feature film, funded by Creative England, and is the feature debut for writer director Rachel Tunnard. It is the feature-length version of BAFTA nominated short,[1] Emotional Fusebox, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2014.[2] The story of a 29-year-old, Anna (portrayed by Jodie Whittaker) has moved into her mum's shed and is refusing to move out after the death of her twin brother.[3][4]
The film world premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016,[5] winning one of the top awards - the Nora Ephron prize for best female director.[6] The film releases in UK cinemas on 24 June 2016.
Contents
Plot
Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum’s garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered.
She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn’t show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for.
A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum – she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn’t put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to BACK THE F-OFF.
However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna’s self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local estate agent whose awkward interpersonal skills continually undermine his attempts to seduce her.
This is a story about confronting the things we are most scared of – a story that explores the universal themes of being lost and finding yourself, making peace with who you are, and regaining self-confidence and dignity.
It is basically the same themes as ROCKY if you think about it. But with thumbs. And a cowboy. And no boxing.
Cast
- Jodie Whittaker as Anna
- Ozzy Myers as Clint
- Brett Goldstein as Brendan
- Alice Lowe as Alice
- Lorraine Ashbourne as Marion
- Eileen Davies as Jean
- Edward Hogg as The Snorkeler
- Rachael Deering as Fiona
References
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- ↑ https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-2016-narrative-documentary-features-viewpoints-program
- ↑ https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-2016-juried-award-winners-narrative-documentary-shorts-storyscapes
External links
- Full trailer
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- Adult Life Skills on Facebook
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