CITY OF TINY LIGHTS (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Riz Ahmed (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), James Floyd (My Brother The Devil), Billie Piper (The Calcium Kid), Cush Jumbo (The Inbetweeners Movie), Roshan Seth (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom), Antonio Aakeel (The Contract), Vincent Regan (300), Danny Webb (Valkyrie), Liv Hansen (Anna Karenina), Anthony Farrelly (Shame The Devil), Amanda Andres (film debut), Hannah Rae (Broadchurch)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Pete Travis (Dredd), director; Patrick Neate (The Tesseract), writer; Rebecca O’Brien (I, Daniel Blake) and Ado Yoshizaki Cassuto (Last Passenger), producers; Ruth Barrett (Harry Brown), composer; Felix Wiedemann (Leave to Remain), cinematographer; David Charap (My Summer of Love), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the rough suburbs of West London, private detective Tommy Akhtar (Ahmed) is put on the trail of a missing prostitute, which leads to him uncovering some dark secrets about those around him and the place which he calls home…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The director of Dredd is behind this gritty, original film noir which sets its foot firmly into the London subculture, with a diverse cast of actors including breakout Rogue One actor Riz Ahmed.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 7TH APRIL 2017

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