The Understudy (2008 film)

The Understudy
Directed by David Conolly
Hannah Davis
Written by David Conolly
Hannah Davis
Starring Marin Ireland
Paul Sparks
Aasif Mandvi
Kelli Giddish
Richard Kind
Neko Parham
Scott Cohen
Reiko Aylesworth
David Melville
Gloria Reuben
Music by Carl Davis
Production
company
Release dates
  • 25 June 2008 (2008-06-25) (Avignon Film Festival)
Country United Kingdom
Language English

The Understudy is a 2008 black comedy from British duo David Conolly and Hannah Davis and is their second feature-length film through their Mansion Pictures flagship, which is currently traveling the Film Festival circuit around the world.[1][2]

Plot

Rebecca is an unemployed actress who is living with an equally unsuccessful screenwriter, Sarfras. Rebecca makes a living by caring for a blind and diabetic woman while going from one disastrous relationship to the next.

Rebecca is invited to understudy the famous movie star Simone Harwin (from the Drive By trilogy), in the play Electra. Although Rebecca's unfulfillment is compounded: despite outshining the Action Star with her own talent, Rebecca is treated as second class, either bullied or ignored by the cast and crew including the director Ian, the stage manager Alison. Her salvation lies within the relationship with the seemingly perfect Firefighter Bobby.

Accidents start to disrupt the leading ladies of Electra and Rebecca's star begins to rise, suspicion surrounds her. Can Rebecca hold on to the leading role and her freedom?

Cast

References

  1. http://rogersmithlife.com/cinemonde-soiree-presents-the-understudy/
  2. http://www.nypress.com/article-19405-bash-compactor-gimme-a-(big)-break.html


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