"Sex 'n bugs 'n sausage rolls." ShineHouse has revealed a new official US trailer for a British indie comedy called La Cha Cha, directed by filmmaker Kevin Allen. After first premiering in the UK in 2021 during the pandemic, the film is set for a VOD release in the US this April a few years later. Liam Hourican stars as Solti Buttering, who is on a road trip to scatter his grandfather's ashes. Along the way he stumbles upon "La Cha Cha", a closed holiday park with a lively off-grid retiree community. Struggling to keep the place going, feisty owner Libby and brother Damien unveil an unconventional plan to sustain it and the residents. This also stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, Dougray Scott, Alfie Allen, Keith Allen, Llyr Ifans, with Rhys Ifans & Melanie Waters. Even with an impressive cast, looks as kooky and as strange as they come. Not sure it'll appeal to many!
- 3/26/2024
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
A scene from the WWI drama The War Below. Courtesy of Virtual
When you hear WWI, trenches and trench warfare often spring to mind. The War Below is based on a true story about World War I but instead of trenches, it is about some clever, skilled tunnelers seeking to sabotage German forces.
World War I, then called the Great War, and the “War to End All Wars,” was a earth-shattering conflict, changing the nature of warfare, remaking the political and physical landscape, and decimating a generation of young men. The War Below is based on the true story of a group of British sewer tunnelers from Yorkshire, nicknamed the “clay-kickers,” who were brought in by “Hellfire Jack” Col. John Norton-Griffiths to help break the stalemate with the German forces in the battle of Messines in 1917. The result of their near-miraculous efforts was a massive explosion under the enemy line,...
When you hear WWI, trenches and trench warfare often spring to mind. The War Below is based on a true story about World War I but instead of trenches, it is about some clever, skilled tunnelers seeking to sabotage German forces.
World War I, then called the Great War, and the “War to End All Wars,” was a earth-shattering conflict, changing the nature of warfare, remaking the political and physical landscape, and decimating a generation of young men. The War Below is based on the true story of a group of British sewer tunnelers from Yorkshire, nicknamed the “clay-kickers,” who were brought in by “Hellfire Jack” Col. John Norton-Griffiths to help break the stalemate with the German forces in the battle of Messines in 1917. The result of their near-miraculous efforts was a massive explosion under the enemy line,...
- 11/11/2021
- by Cate Marquis
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Antics of ageing misfits living off-grid have a decidedly sitcom feel, but don’t expect to laugh
Here is a daft-as-a-brush Welsh comedy shot under pandemic rules last year with a vaguely coronavirus theme: it’s about a group of eccentric oldies living together on a caravan site, desperate to avoid spending their twilight years in a care home. It’s all very silly, with a few enjoyable moments. The cast formed a bubble on the Gower peninsula to make it. Clearly, they’re having a massive laugh, but to be honest, anyone else might struggle to get much out of it.
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (daughter of Andy Serkis) gives the performance of the film as Libby, who’s in her mid 20s and owns the La Cha Cha caravan park with her brother Damien (played by her real-life brother Sonny Ashbourne Serkis). The site is a haven for mostly...
Here is a daft-as-a-brush Welsh comedy shot under pandemic rules last year with a vaguely coronavirus theme: it’s about a group of eccentric oldies living together on a caravan site, desperate to avoid spending their twilight years in a care home. It’s all very silly, with a few enjoyable moments. The cast formed a bubble on the Gower peninsula to make it. Clearly, they’re having a massive laugh, but to be honest, anyone else might struggle to get much out of it.
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis (daughter of Andy Serkis) gives the performance of the film as Libby, who’s in her mid 20s and owns the La Cha Cha caravan park with her brother Damien (played by her real-life brother Sonny Ashbourne Serkis). The site is a haven for mostly...
- 9/14/2021
- by Cath Clarke
- The Guardian - Film News
UK comedy shot during lockdown and stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis and Liam Hourican.
Twin Town director Kevin Allen has wrapped dark comedy La Cha Cha, which was written and filmed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The UK feature, which shot over four weeks in South Wales, stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, the children of actor-director Andy Serkis. They lead the film alongside Liam Hourican, whose credits includeThe Secret of Kells.
It also reunites the core cast of Twin Town, Allen’s cult comedy that played in competition at the Berlinale in 1997 and proved a breakout role for Rhys Ifans.
Twin Town director Kevin Allen has wrapped dark comedy La Cha Cha, which was written and filmed during the Covid-19 lockdown.
The UK feature, which shot over four weeks in South Wales, stars Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Sonny Ashbourne Serkis, the children of actor-director Andy Serkis. They lead the film alongside Liam Hourican, whose credits includeThe Secret of Kells.
It also reunites the core cast of Twin Town, Allen’s cult comedy that played in competition at the Berlinale in 1997 and proved a breakout role for Rhys Ifans.
- 9/2/2020
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Tom Goodman Hill, Anna Maguire, Sonny Ashbourne Serkis also among cast.
Peaky Blinders actor Sam Hazeldine will lead the cast of 100 Feet Below Hell, Jp Watts’s First World War drama which starts shooting in the UK this week.
The film will tell the true story of ‘Hellfire’ Jack Norton Griffiths who conceived of a plan to dig a tunnel under no man’s land and plant a bomb to break the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines. With tens of thousands already dead from the battle, the mission falls to a group of civilian miners with no military training.
Peaky Blinders actor Sam Hazeldine will lead the cast of 100 Feet Below Hell, Jp Watts’s First World War drama which starts shooting in the UK this week.
The film will tell the true story of ‘Hellfire’ Jack Norton Griffiths who conceived of a plan to dig a tunnel under no man’s land and plant a bomb to break the deadly stalemate of the Battle of Messines. With tens of thousands already dead from the battle, the mission falls to a group of civilian miners with no military training.
- 5/15/2019
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
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