RARE BEASTS

SYNOPSIS

Mandy is a modern woman in a crisis. Raising a son in the midst of a female revolution, mining the pain of her parents separation and professionally writing about a love that no longer exists, she falls upon a troubled man, Pete, who’s searching for a sense of worth, belonging and ‘restored’ male identity.

Produced by Western Edge Pictures, Rare Beasts is a pitch black comedy and Billie Piper’s Directorial Debut.

Premiered in competition at Venice Critics’ Week (2019), London Film Festival (2019) and SXSW (2020). It was longlisted for 2 BIFAS and BAFTA Outstanding Debut Film and was released theatrically to critical acclaim in May 2021.

  • May 2021

  • Cast: Billie Piper, Lily James, Toby Wolfe, Kerry Fox and David Thewlis

    Director: Billie Piper

    Producer: Vaughan Sivell

    Executive Producers: Eloise Singer, Will Kane, Fanki Goodwin, Mike Rattenbury, Paul Higgins, Jim Reeve, Robert Halmi, Josh Varney, Ben Pugh and Billie Piper

  • Rare Beasts premiered in competition at Venice Critics’ Week (2019), London Film Festival (2019) and SXSW (2020). It was longlisted for 2 BIFAS and BAFTA Outstanding Debut Film and was released theatrically to critical acclaim in May 2021.

“In her directorial debut, Piper announces herself as a truly thrilling film-maker with this bleakly brilliant inversion of the cutesy London love story”

—Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

  • “A daring debut that dances to the beat of its own drum.”

    —Bobbie LePire, Film Threat

TRAILER

  • “Will leave you spinning and breathless ★★★★.”

    — Terri White, Empire Magazine

  • “Billie Piper tears up the romcom rule book ★★★★.”

    — Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

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