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BRIAN AND CHARLES

Year of production
2022
Duration
90 min.
Genres
Fiction

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Synopsis

Brian lives isolated from the world in a valley in Wales where he invents bizarre gadgets that almost never work. After finding a discarded mannequin head, he comes up with an idea to combat his loneliness. Three days later, using a washing machine and assorted spare parts, he creates Charles, an intelligent robot who learns English from a dictionary and turns out to be a charming and sassy companion.

Director

Jim Archer

Jim Archer

He debuted with the short film Intervention (2014). In 2017 he won the gold medal at the Young Director Awards in Cannes for Brian and Charles, a short that has now been made into a feature film.

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Section
Noves Visions - Opening
United Kingdom. 2022
90 min

Director
Jim Archer

Writers
David Earl, Chris Hayward

Cinematography
Murren Tullett

Editor
Jo Walker

With
David Earl, Chris Hayward, Louise Brealey
Production countries
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Languages
English

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