Melvin, a British author living in America, returns home to London for Christmas to introduce his American fiancée Lisa to his eccentric British-Caribbean family. Their relationship is put to the test as she discovers the world her fiancé has left behind.
12-03-2021
1h 49m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Aml Ameen
Production:
BFI, DJ Films, Film4 Productions, Studio 113
Revenue:
$878,769
Key Crew
Executive Producer:
Lauren Dark
Executive Producer:
Daniel Battsek
Executive Producer:
Farhana Bhula
Producer:
Aml Ameen
Original Music Composer:
James Poyser
Locations and Languages
Country:
GB; US
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Aml Ameen
Aml Ameen, born July 30, 1985, in London, is a talented British actor whose career has flourished across film and television. He gained early acclaim for his role as Trife in "Kidulthood." Ameen showcased his versatility in "The Maze Runner" series and captivated audiences in "Yardie." His TV credits include "The Bill," "Sense8," and "I May Destroy You." Ameen's performances are marked by depth and authenticity, showcasing a remarkable ability to immerse himself in diverse characters, solidifying his status as a compelling and promising talent in the entertainment industry.
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She is also known for her role in the 1996 comedy-drama film Secrets & Lies, for which she received acclaim and earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and the Golden Globe and BAFTA Award in the same category.
Tamara Naomi Lawrence (born 1994) is a British actress. She is known for her role as Prince Harry's republican girlfriend in the 2017 BBC television film King Charles III, and her performance as Viola in the 2017 production of Twelfth Night at the National Theatre cinecast internationally on NT Live. In 2018, she received the second prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her performance as Viola.
In December 2018 she starred as Miss July, a former slave on a sugar plantation in 19th-century Jamaica, in the three-part BBC adaptation of Andrea Levy's novel The Long Song.
Robbie Gee (born 24 March 1970) is a British actor, best known for his Desmond's character "Lee Stanley", for appearing in Guy Ritchie's crime caper Snatch, and for his comedy roles in TV series like The Real McCoy and The Crouches. He also appeared in the film Mean Machine, playing "Trojan", Pirates of the Caribbean as "Shrimper", Underworld as "Kahn", and Dead Man Running as Curtis (Alongside 50 Cent).
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Claire Skinner is a British stage, film and television actress, best known for her role as the hapless mother Sue Brockman in the BBC sitcom "Outnumbered". Her film work includes the Mike Leigh productions "Life Is Sweet" and "Naked", "Bridget Jones's Diary" and "Sleepy Hollow".
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Caroline Langrishe (born 10 January 1958, London, England) is an English actress.
In 1976, Langrishe appeared in the BBC production of The Glittering Prizes. In 1977 she played the role of Kitty in a BBC adaptation of Anna Karenina. Her first big part was in the 1978 British adaption of Les Misérables. She also starred as Jane Winters in the futuristic BBC Play for Today episode The Flipside of Dominick Hide (1980), and its follow up, Another Flip for Dominick (1982) both by Jeremy Paul and Alan Gibson. She played Janet Hollywell, wife of Fred Hollywell, in the 1984 adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring George C. Scott.
She became a leading character actress, taking the female lead in the BBC detective series Pulaski in 1987 and appearing in several episodes of Chancer in 1990. She is perhaps best known for her role as Charlotte Cavendish in the BBC series Lovejoy in which she starred for two series in 1993-94. She later appeared in Sharpe's Regiment (1996) and Sharpe's Justice (1997) as Lady Anne Camoynes. She played the unhappy landlady to Hywel Bennett's professional scrounger James Shelley in the 5th series of "Shelley" on ITV
She played Georgina Channing alongside Martin Shaw in drama Judge John Deed and has recently joined BBC medical drama Casualty as executive director Marilyn Fox.
She has also starred in Heartbeat, in the episode "Echoes of the Past", she played a mum-to-be Jane Hayes, who is convinced that her house is haunted when she hears a baby crying goes into the nursery and thinks she hears a ghost. This episode was broadcast on 24 December 1998.
In 2010 she played Ros, an 'older woman' in an open marriage in Pete Versus Life on Channel 4
Caroline Langrishe married the actor Patrick Drury in London on 15 November 1984, but the couple divorced in 1995 after having two daughters, Rosalind and Leonie.
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Harry can be seen in ITV’s Unforgotten, Breathtaking and Protection. Most recently Harry played Doctor Smith in Queenie the highly anticipated series for Channel 4 and Billy Morgan in Beyond Paradise for BBC. Further television credits include: Father Brown (BBC), Captive (Netflix), The Hunt for Tony Blair (BBC), Lark Rise to Candleford (BBC), Doc Martin (ITV), One Summer (BBC).
Film credits include: Boxing Day (Boxing Day Productions Ltd), A Serial Killer’s Guide to Life (Forward Motion Pictures), Gold (Bollywood feature – Eros International).
Theatre credits include: Looking Good Dead (josh Andrews Productions); The Crucible, North&South and Blithe Spirit (Pitlochry Festival Theatre) and The Big Corner,The Winters Tale, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Secret Garden, An Enemy of the People, The Family Way and Private Lives (Octagon Theatre, Bolton).
Harry trained at Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.
Alibe Parsons is an actress who has worked extensively in both film and television. On television, she is best known for her regular role in the 1970s BBC drama Gangsters as Sarah Gant.
