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The Lives of the Saints

Rankin / Chris COTTAM

UK2006 100min 35mm color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

A dark and bizarre morality tale whereby fantastical events take place in the ordinary surroundings of modern-day London. The story unfolds in the cafes, clubs and shops of Green Lanes where Mr Karva is the boss; a ridiculous yet dangerous man who is known and feared by all. Othello, his stepson, is the young pretender, palling around with his girlfriend Tina and his weak-willed lackey Emilio. But that lifestyle is about to be thrown into disarray by an otherworldly, sickly-looking ten-year-old child – a foundling

Diretor

Rankin

A photographer, publisher and film director. Not content with still images, he has turned his lens to filmmaking. The short film he directed Perfect has screened internationally to great acclaim. The Lives of the Saints is his first feature.

Chris COTTAM

Chris COTTAM‘s first film was selected as Best of British in the British Short Film Festival of 1994. He has directed across a diverse range of genres for the BBC and Channel Four. Since 2004, Chris has been co-directing full time with Rankin.