Movie
A Long Way Down
Overview
Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a failed musician—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for reasons to keep on living.
Details
- Release date
- 2014-03-20
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- BBC Film, Wildgaze Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, HanWay Films, DCM Pictures
- Country
- United Kingdom, Germany
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Pierce Brosnan as Martin Sharp
- Aaron Paul as J.J. Maguire
- Imogen Poots as Jess Crichton
- Toni Collette as Maureen Thompson
- Sam Neill as Chris Crichton
- Rosamund Pike as Penny Chambers
- Tuppence Middleton as Kathy Miller
- Joe Cole as Chas Johnson
- Josef Altin as Matty Thompson
- Sarah Andre White as Shanay
- Shola Adewusi as Gladys
- Diana Kent as Hope
Crew
- Pascal Chaumeil - Director
- Jack Thorne - Screenplay
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