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Set the Thames on Fire is a British film of genre Science fiction directed by Ben Charles Edwards with Noel Fielding

Set the Thames on Fire (2016)

Set the Thames on Fire
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Genres Science fiction,    Comedy,    Fantasy
Rating47% 2.389392.389392.389392.389392.38939

Set the Thames on Fire is an upcoming British dark comedy & fantasy film, by Ben Charles Edwards.

The story follows Art (Michael Winder) & Sal (Max Bennett), two boys who fall through the clockwork of a grotesque, nightmare London, endeavouring to survive and escape, and perhaps find hope. The cast also includes Noel Fielding, Sadie Frost, Sally Phillips, and Lily Loveless.

Synopsis

Art (Michael Winder) is a down-on-his-luck low-life piano player, whose life has stalled in a grief filled frozen moment – shipwrecked on the lonesome shore of his own life.

Actors

Noel Fielding

(Dickie)Sally Phillips

(Colette)Lily Loveless

(Emily)Sadie Frost

(Mrs Hortense)
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