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The Comedian (2012 film)

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Directed by
  
Tom Shkolnik

Edited by
  
Pierre Haberer

Director
  
Tom Shkolnik

Cinematography
  
Benjamin Kracun

5.5/10
IMDb

3.8/5
Time Out

Written by
  
Tom Shkolnik

Release date
  
2012

Screenplay
  
Tom Shkolnik

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Starring
  
Edward Hogg Nathan Stewart-Jarrett Elisa Lasowski Steven Robertson Brett Goldstein

Distributed by
  
BFI; Trinity Filmed Entertainment; Revolver Entertainment

Initial release
  
October 2012 (United Kingdom)

Producers
  
Bertrand Faivre, Dan McCulloch

Cast
  
Edward Hogg, Nathan Stewart‑Jarrett, Elisa Lasowski, Steven Robertson, Brett Goldstein

Similar
  
Nicholas Nickleby, The Lost Language of Cranes, Bunny and the Bull, White Lightnin', For Those in Peril

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The Comedian is a 2012 British drama film, written and directed by Tom Shkolnik as his feature debut. The movie was shot in central London and follows the life of Ed (Edward Hogg) as it paints a vivid picture of the city. Shkolnik was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2012 London Film Festival.

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Plot

Ed works an office job as a cancer insurance call-center operator by day, a job he seems not to enjoy, especially as he's in his early thirties. The movie details the hardships faced in London as Ed moonlights as a stand-up comedian, and shows the different dilemmas faced by gay men as Ed experiences turmoil - emotional, sexual and professional - and ends up retreating into himself to observe his environs. His personal life is also in disarray as he is torn between a newfound love, artist Nathan (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett), and his best friend and flatmate Elisa, who develops issues with the boyfriend.

In the end, Ed arguably sees the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel after a taxi ride with a Zimbabwean driver, feeling sparks of hope in his seemingly failing life.

References

The Comedian (2012 film) Wikipedia