Karlovy Vary International Film Festival

July 2 - 10, 2010

Late Night Shopping
( Late Night Shopping )

Colour, 35mm
United Kingdom, 2000, 91 min
Section: Variety Critics´ Choice

Director: Saul Metzstein
Screenplay: Jack Lothian
Dir. of Photography: Brian Tufano
Music: Alex Heffes
Editor: Justine Wright
Producer: Angus Lamont
Production: Ideal World Films
Sales: FilmFour International
Contact: FilmFour International
Distributor: Hollywood Classic Entertainment

Cast

Luke de Woolfson, Kate Ashfield, James Lance, Enzo Cilenti, Heike Makatsch, Shauna MacDonald, Sienna Guillory, Laurie Ventry, Bobby Finn, Claire Harman, Nigel Buckland, Lesley Harcourt, Garry Sweeney, Carmen Pieraccini

Synopsis

In no particular city, four friends congregate at a nondescript cafe. Vincent (James Lance), a shelf-filler in a supermarket and a serial philanderer, Lenny (Enzo Cilenti), a nerd with a necktie, who suffers from porno delusions, and Sean (Luke de Woolfson), a night worker in a hospital who carries round a bar of soap. Lone femme in the group is Jody (Kate Ashfield), a laddette with a sharp tongue who works on a computer production line. And then the film suddenly throws in a couple of wrenches: the Alfie-esque Vincent picks up a sad-looking young foreign woman (Heike Makatsch). The understated fresh comedy finally clicks into place in the third act, as the whole group sets off to track down Madeline in a small seaside town. Derek Elley