Director
The Shammasian Brothers
Starring
Orlando Bloom, Janet Montgomery, Charlie Creed-Miles, Anne Reid, Alex Ferns, James Smillie
Certificate
18
Run Time
91 mins
Release Year
2017
Country of Origin
UK
Language
English
Director of Photography: Felix Wiedermann
Editor: Paul Shammasian
Produced by: Jasper Graham, James Harris, Mark Lane, Sheetal Vinod Talwar
Music: Stephen Hilton
Screenplay by: Geoff Thompson
Production Designer: Anthony Neale
Sound Production: Enos Desjardins
Director Bio
The Shammasian Brothers
P&I - Director Bio
Paul and Ludwig Shammasian are brothers and filmmaking partners. Sharing a strong ambition to make films, they quickly teamed up as directors, and their first ad won the Cannes Young Director Award. Their next film, Romans 12:20, went on to win awards internationally. Their debut feature, The Pyramid Texts, is a black and white film about the power of fear.
Romans
Part of the Best of British Strand
Thirty-something Malky works as a labourer demolishing the church where he was abused as a twelve-year-old, engaging in an emotionally distant sexual relationship with Emma and indulging in bouts of casual violence. The effects of his childhood abuse remain deeply embedded, and when the priest responsible returns to town Malky is forced to confront his past head-on. A searingly honest film about psychological damage and the power of forgiveness, featuring an outstanding performance from Orlando Bloom.