All In Good Time
The big screen adaptation of the Olivier Award Winning play, Rafta Rafta, by Ayub Khan Din (East Is East) produced for the National Theatre, based on the Bill Naughton play All In Good Time.
REECE RITCHIE (The Lovely Bones) and AMARA KARAN (The Darjeeling Limited) star as Atul Dutt and his young bride Vina for whom married life is proving far from straightforward, with MEERA SYAL (Anita and Me) and HARISH time for bed, Atul is so woefully inhibited by the proximity of his parents, let alone his brother’s childish pranks, that his beautiful virgin bride remains just that.
When their hard saved for honeymoon is cancelled the next day, the couple is forced to return to the Dutt household and set up home there. So with meddling parents, nosy neighbours and a community that thrives on gossip, can this marriage last? And it’s up to Atul’s parents to face up to some home truths about their own marriage and not pass their mistakes on to the next generation.
Information
Releasing in the UK by Optimum Releasing, co-financed by Studio Canal (who will release in France, Germany and Benelux (with Studio Canal International selling the film worldwide) and UKFC.
Starring: Reece Ritchie, Amara Karan, Meera Syal & Harish Patel
Directed by: Nigel Cole (Calendar Girls, Saving Grace)
Written by: Ayub Khan Din (East Is East)
Produced by: Suzanne Mackie (Mad Dogs, Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots) and Andy Harries (The Damned Utd, The Queen)
Executive Producer: Jenny Borgars for Optimum Releasing
UK Release Date: 11th May 2012
Reviews and Awards
The Film Pilgrim –
‘Artfully shot, with fantastic dialogue and comic timing… you cannot help but become absorbed by the story which takes you a rollercoaster of emotional highs and lows.’
http://www.thefilmpilgrim.com/reviews/all-in-good-time-review/8501
BBC News Entertainment & Arts –
All In Good Time: Meera Syal on new culture clash film
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17945050
Director Nigel Cole says: “I have long since wanted to work with the towering Harish Patel, whose instincts as an actor to mix comedy and pathos are extraordinary. I also have a long standing admiration for Meera Syal’s work and reuniting her and Harish from their run at the National Theatre was a gift. Collaborating as I am with producer Suzanne Mackie, some seven years after we made Calendar Girls, and working again with Andy Harries after Cold Feet, offers us the challenge of continuing our shared passion for the small British story that has big cinematic ambitions. What first attracted me to screenplay of Rafta Rafta was Ayub Khan Din’s closely observed and emotionally truthful depiction of family life; portraying a family dynamic which whilst belongong to a modern and contemporary Britain, is timeless and whose family highs and lows are universally familiar.”
Producer Suzanne Mackie says: “When i first read Rafta rafta and saw it on stage I was struck by the diversity of its emotional landscape and the seemingly effortless way in which comedy and pathos cohabited; at its heart is a simple and honest depiction of family life and a tender comedy about a young man’s sexual comming-of-age. The lineage of Rafta Rafta is an interesting one: from Bill Naughton’s All in Good Time; to its screen adaptation The Family Way; to Ayub’s updating and re-imaging of the story for The National Theatre. A closely observed and characterful piece whose themes are timeless and universal.”
Executive Producer Jenny Borgars said: “Rafta Rafta is a wonderful, heart warming comedy about the pressures any family can face. The creative team behind it are superb. Optimum Releasing are delighted to see it come to life with such amazing talent in front of and behind the camera.”
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