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The Rev

  • 2021
  • GBR
  • Comedy
  • 15 min.

A queer comedy about a vicar in the middle of an identity crisis whose imagination runs away with him when he is asked to arrange a funeral.

The Rev, film still
© BFI NETWORK, Watersmeet Productions, Needlemouse Ltd

Synopsis

Once, Neil Marlow's life was a spontaneous festival of frivolity, friends and funk music. Now, it is one of pensioners, weekly bingo and ready-meals. As a vicar, Neil tries to keep his queer identity and extroverted personality separate from his faith. When he is asked to arrange a funeral, his imagination breaks through and exposes how much of himself he has been trying to suppress.

Credits

Directed by
Fabia Martin
Written by
Fabia Martin
Cast
Jack Holden (Rev Neil Marlow), Nigel Thomas (James Hamilton-Smythe), Sally Saunders (Mrs. Pearce), Chris Gallarus (Roger Prior), Tamsin Fessey (Eliza Hamilton-Smythe), Imogen Bickford-Smith (Mrs. Hamilton-Smythe)
Produced by
Sara Archer, Jack Holden, Alastair Mavor, Emma Wellbelove
Co-Producer
Kristy Price
Executive Producers
Mathieu Ajan, Peter Flockhart, Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor, Christian Zeise
Associate Producer
Matthew J. Schroeder
Music by
Joseph Alexander
Cinematography by
Henry Lockyer
Editing by
Chloe Hardwick
Production design
Meryn Cobbin
Sound
Michalianna Theofanopoulou
Choreography
Polly Bennett

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