The Glass Man (2011)

The chilling story of a middle class man whose desperate weathering of the current economic crisis ends with the arrival one night of a debt collector with an offer that surely cannot be turned down.

Director:

Cristian Solimeno

Writer:

Cristian Solimeno

Stars:

Andy Nyman, James Cosmo, Neve Campbell

Cast

Credited cast:
Andy Nyman	...	Martin Pyrite
James Cosmo	...	Pecco
Neve Campbell	...	Julie Pyrite
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brett Allen	...	Ian
Gary Aylett	...	Office Employee
John Barrett	...	Office Employee
Vishal Bharadia	...	Office Employee
Lorraine Burroughs	...	Janie
Lauren Cuthbertson	...	Juliet
Josie D'Arby	...	Radio News Reader
Matt Day	...	Office Employee
Bodjan Du	...	Office Employee
Matt East	...	Office Employee
Simon Firsht	...	Office Employee
Lorraine Fournel	...	Office Employee

Storyline

Every morning, Martin Pyrite gets dressed, takes breakfast, kisses his wife Julie goodbye, and then sets off for work. Only Martin isn't going anywhere. Having lost his high-paying financial services job, he is sinking fast into near-insurmountable debt. To make matters worse, Martin's former employer has made him the fall guy for a disastrous business decision, essentially blacklisting him from other firms. Determined not to let his wife know, Martin strives to maintain the couple's posh standard of living by stretching their credit to its very limits. Then, late one night, a sinister debt collector knocks on his door with a proposition: help him carry out one task, and he'll wipe Martin's financial slate clean. However, the simplicity of this ominous request belies the chilling journey ahead. Martin quickly finds himself descending into his own private hell, where he must confront his worst fears made real.

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Plot Keywords:

recession

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Taglines:

Knock Knock. Who's There?

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Genres:

Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 2012 (USA)

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Company Credits

Production Co:

Tigermoth Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Julie Pyrite: I know when I'm being lied to, and something feels very wrong here.
Martin Pyrite: Your imagination is trying to turn one thing into another.

User Reviews

A great story and outstanding performances by Nyman and Cosmo

As this film has only had one screening so far at The Empire Leicester Square as part of Frightfest 2011, I consider myself one of the lucky few who has seen it.

Andy Nyman plays Martin, a proud but failing hamster of a man, who's gone from well paid middle class Exec to suddenly but secretly unemployed, debt ridden failure. His trophy wife (Neve Campbell), friends and ex colleagues are unaware of the hole that he is. Nyman acts this so convincingly that you found yourself literally cringing as he struggles to maintain his dignity while all around him are stripping him of it.

The film could have been slightly predictable from this opening scenario but it was not. I can't add much further without risk of edging into spoiler territory but can add that there are moments of comedy within the tension that are a welcome relief.

The ending is great and we found ourselves talking about it afterwards in terms of minor events that happened early in the film that became relevant as the film concluded. It is filmed with a very real-life feel to it which makes all the more disturbing.

Best film I've seen at the cinema in ages.