THE MAN WHO INVENTED CHRISTMAS

IE, CA // 2017 // 104'
biopic

DIRECTOR Bharat Nalluri
SCREENPLAY Susan Coyne (based on the book by Les Standiford and the novel by Charles Dickens)
CINEMATOGRAPHY Ben Smithard
EDITOR Stephen O'Connell, Jamie Pearson
SCORE Mychael Danna
CAST Dan Stevens, Christopher Plummer, Jonathan Pryce, Justin Edwards, Morfydd Clark, Donald Sumpter, Miles Jupp, Simon Callow, Miriam Margolyes, Ian McNeice, Bill Paterson, Anna Murphy
PRODUCERS Niv Fichman, Vadim Jean, Robert Mickelson, Susan Mullen, Ian Sharples
COMPANY Parallel Films, Rhombus Media

In 1843, Charles Dickens is at a low point in his career with three flops behind him and his family expenses piling up at home. Determined to recover, he decides to write a Christmas story and self-publish it in less than two months. But when his parents come to bunk with him he develops a writer's block. With a looming deadline, Dickens must face his personal demons epitomised through his characters.
 
Bharat Nalluri (Guntur, 1965) is a British Indian film and television director known for Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008) and TV series Spooks (2002-2011).

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