Sparks fly after Ali and Ava meet through their shared affection for Sofia, the child of Ali’s tenants whom Ava teaches. Ali finds comfort in Ava’s warmth and kindness while Ava finds Ali’s complexity and humour irresistible. As the pair begin to form a deep connection they have to find a way to keep their newfound passion from being overshadowed by the stresses and struggles of their separate lives and histories.
03-02-2022
1h 35m
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Main Cast
Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Clio Barnard
Writer:
Clio Barnard
Production:
Moonspun Films, BBC Film, BFI, Screen Yorkshire
Key Crew
Editor:
Maya Maffioli
Executive Producer:
Claudia Yusef
Production Sound Mixer:
Rashad Hall-Heinz
Executive Producer:
Lizzie Francke
Executive Producer:
Rose Garnett
Locations and Languages
Country:
GB
Filming:
GB
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Adeel Akhtar
Akhtar is known for the bumbling Muslim extremist Faisal in Chris Morris's film Four Lions. Other comedic performances include Gupta in The Angelos Epithemiou Show, Maroush in The Dictator and Smee in Joe Wright and Pan.
Akhtar has also won acclaim for his dramatic performances: in 2015, he was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his 2014 role as Wilson Wilson on Channel 4's Utopia. He played shopkeeper Ahmed alongside Toby Jones in the BBC mini-series Capital, and DS Ira King in the BBC's River. Reviewing River in The Daily Telegraph, Michael Hogan wrote, "This series was beautifully written by Abi Morgan, stylishly directed, and most of all, superbly acted. The quieter, less showy supporting players also shone. Not just stalwarts [...] but fresher faces: Adeel Akhtar as River's endlessly patient sidekick and Georgina Rich as his psychiatrist".
In 2016 Akhtar appeared as Shahzad in the BBC one-off drama Murdered by My Father. He won the 2017 BAFTA award for Lead Actor for this role, the first non-white actor to do so. He also appeared as Rob Singhal in the acclaimed BBC miniseries based on John le Carré's The Night Manager.
Adeel became a patron of Half Moon Theatre in autumn 2016.
Claire Rushbrook is a British stage, film and television actress. She studied Acting at Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance in the south London suburb of Sidcup.
Rashmika Ellora Torchia is a British actress. For her role in the film In the Earth (2021), she was nominated for a British Independent Film Award. Her other films include Les Cowboys (2015), Midsommar (2019), and Ali & Ava (2021).
She was named a 2021 Screen International Star of Tomorrow and a BAFTA Breakthrough Brit.
