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Life is looking up. - A Long Way Down
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Title: A Long Way Down

Release Date: 20 Mar 2014

Runtime: 1h 36m

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: BBC Film, Wildgaze Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, HanWay Films, DCM Pictures

Production Companies: BBC Film, Wildgaze Films, Finola Dwyer Productions, HanWay Films, DCM Pictures

Overview: Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for the reasons to keep on living.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.2 (879 votes)

Cast

  • Martin Sharp: Pierce Brosnan
  • J.J. Maguire: Aaron Paul
  • Jess Crichton: Imogen Poots
  • Maureen Thompson: Toni Collette
  • Chris Crichton: Sam Neill
  • Penny Chambers: Rosamund Pike
  • Kathy Miller: Tuppence Middleton
  • Chas Johnson: Joe Cole
  • Matty Thompson: Josef Altin
  • Shanay: Zara White
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