Love and Other Disasters
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Directed by | Alek Keshishian |
Produced by |
Alek Keshishian Virginie Silla Luc Besson David Fincher |
Written by | Alek Keshishian |
Starring |
Brittany Murphy Santiago Cabrera Matthew Rhys Catherine Tate Stephanie Beacham |
Music by | Replicant (as Alexandre Azaria) |
Cinematography | Pierre Morel |
Edited by | Nick Arthurs |
Distributed by | Europa Corp. |
Release dates | 2006 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France / United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Love and Other Disasters is a 2006 romantic comedy produced by Ruby Film, Europa Corp. and Skyline Films presented at the Toronto International Film Festival. In 2008, it had its UK premiere in London as the gala screening for the BFI 22nd London Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. The director and producer were in attendance. Brittany Murphy portrays an assistant at British Vogue who is the catalyst for a group of young friends as they try to find love. OutFest 2007 presented the film as one of their features.
Plot
Emily "Jacks" Jackson, who spent her childhood in America, now lives and works in London, at British Vogue, and shares an apartment with her gay friend Peter Simon, a screenwriter. Afraid to be disappointed by a serious relationship, Jacks prefers to spend her free time with her friends and sleep with her ex-boyfriend, James, whom she doesn't love. Peter, who has never been in a relationship, spends too much time in his dreams and as a result cannot fall in love with a real person. It gets more complicated with the entrance of Paolo, a photography assistant for one of the photographers at Vogue. As the film develops, they come to realize their mistakes and eventually reach their happy endings.
Cast
- Brittany Murphy as Emily 'Jacks' Jackson
- Matthew Rhys as Peter Simon
- Santiago Cabrera as Paolo Sarmiento
- Catherine Tate as Tallulah Riggs-Wentworth
- Elliot Cowan as James Wildstone
- Adam Rayner as Tom / Fantasy David
- Jamie Sives as Finlay McMillian
- Will Keen as David Williams
- Frédéric Anscombre as Sasha Santori
- Stephanie Beacham as Felicity Riggs-Wentworth
- Daniel Lobé as Freedom
- Samantha Bloom as Pandora (as Sam Bloom)
- Jamie Honeybourne as Unicorn Gallagher
- Robert Chilcott as Art Patron
- Dawn French as Therapist
- Michael Lerner as Marvin Bernstein
- Gwyneth Paltrow as herself playing Jacks (Cameo)
- Orlando Bloom as himself playing Paolo (Cameo)