The Announcement
A film about friendship and familiarity masking major secrets. When protagonists Beth and Ross gather all of their best friends together for an unruly drink and drug-fuelled party, the event is like many such evenings. That is, until Beth and Ross make an announcement. They tell those assembled that they have secretly married. The impact is not as simple as they had expected. We then track the events of the evening as the news affects each person in turn. Instead of the absolute approval Ross and Beth had hoped for, the news throws a harsh spotlight on everyone's relationship and notions of marriage. The film explores the confused attitudes of a generation whose model of love and romance is complex and demanding. The evening degenerates into a rash of revelations and discoveries about all of the friends, but most dramatically it unravels Ross and Beth's relationship in a way neither of them could have foreseen. This is no fairytale
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Top Cast
Mark Addy
Andy
David Baddiel
Dougie
Morwenna Banks
Beth
Kate Hardie
Helen
Tom Hollander
Ben
Lennie James
Richard
Gordon Kennedy
Frank
Heike Makatsch
Rumour
Aisling O'Sullivan
Liv
Miranda Pleasence
Nikki
Fay Ripley
Alex
Joanna Scanlan
Debbie
Toby Stephens
Ross
Callum Philip
Audi
Joshua Phillip - Cushing
Spike
Henrietta Garden
Doctor
Canie Gonzalez
Sasha
Crew
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