The Low Down

	GENERAL INFO


		Opening: 4/20/01 Director: Jamie Thraves Principal Cast: Aidan Gillen, Kate Ashfield, Dean Lennox Kelly, Rupert Proctor, Tobias Menzies, Samantha Powers, Deanna Smiles MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 96 minutes A Shooting Gallery Release

-- SYNOPSIS

This first feature by acclaimed video director Jamie Thraves is a heartfelt, bracingly honest and beautifully observed portrait of a group of young Londoners wrestling with responsibility as they leave behind their twenties and lurch toward adulthood. Aidan Gillen is intensely charismatic as Frank, a young props designer whose life revolves around friends and work. Some of his formerly bohemian friends are settling down, and he knows he is expected to follow suit sooner or later. He is aware of the need to shift things into higher gear but, while he knows something must change, he is not sure how to do it. His indecision comes to a head when he meets Ruby (Kate Ashfield), a pretty real estate agent whose optimistic approach to life and its problems slowly yet dramatically affect him. Writer-director Thraves (best known for his award-winning music videos for Radiohead and Neneh Cherry) approaches this bittersweet slice of life with a hip, impressionistic style in perfect balance with his heartfelt yet wry observances of a group of friends whose lives are at a crossroads.

"Why can't more British films be like this humane and persuasive comedy? The charm of this spacious and utterly relaxed first feature creeps up on you like a fine summer's day. Aidan Gillen is one of the most compelling new faces on the British screen." -- The Guardian

"Fresh, funny, new-wavey and wistful. It's quite a delight. More like this please. Thraves appears to be one of our brightest hopes." -- Time Out (London)

"A devastating debut feature. Jamie Thraves has come spiralling out of the world of promos to miraculously revive the otherwise decrepit world of contemporary British film." -- The Face

"Jamie Thaves is one Britain's most promising young directors." -- Daily Telegraph

"...a breath of fresh air...a film about the rewards and regrets of growing up, which is to say it's about boozing, shagging, scarpering and coming to your senses." -- The Times (London)