City of Tiny Lights (2016)

In the teeming, multicultural metropolis of modern-day London, a seemingly straightforward missing-person case launches a down-at-heel private eye into a dangerous world of religious fanaticism and political intrigue.

Director:

Pete Travis

Writer:

Patrick Neate

Stars:

Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, James Krishna Floyd

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Riz Ahmed	...	Tommy Akhtar
Billie Piper	...	Shelley
James Krishna Floyd	...	Lovely (as James Floyd)
Cush Jumbo	...	Melody
Roshan Seth	...	Farzad Akhtar
Hannah Rae	...	Emma
Antonio Aakeel	...	Young Lovely
Reiss Kershi	...	Young Tommy
Vincent Regan	...	Tall Man / Schaeffer
Danny Webb	...	DS Cal Donnely
Ram John Holder	...	Trinidad Pete
Damson Idris	...	Hakim
Branko Tomovic	...	Big John
George Sargeant	...	Stuart
Alexander Siddig	...	Al-Dabaran

Storyline

'City Of Tiny Lights' is a witty gumshoe in contemporary (sub)urban London. When Asian Private Eye, Tommy Akhtar, is put on the trail of missing hooker, Sexy Russian, he begins to expose a series of dark secrets that reveal uncomfortable truths about Tommy's own past and London itself.

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Plot Keywords:

father son relationship | cancer | family home | hotel room | hotel | 

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Taglines:

Some secrets should remain buried

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Grad neupadljive svetlosti

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

£3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBC Films, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, UK Film Council

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The cigarettes smoked in the film (particularly by Tommy) were specially made-for-filming fake cigarettes. At the TIFF screening, director Pete Travis joked that Riz Ahmed was sick whenever he had to smoke them, in which case Travis would then make him smoke another one for good measure.

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Soundtracks

Espresso Midnight Chill
By James Radford
Courtesy of Hummingbird Music UK

User Reviews

Incomprehensible

There appears to be something wrong with the sound mixing, perhaps a post production goof but this film is very hard to follow as the dialogue is lost in the background noise.

I might add that I am both British and used to London and regional brit accents, yet I still struggled, In the interests of full disclosure, I never made it to the end of the film due to said issues, so my low score reflects my dissatisfaction with the audio quality.

Learn to lip-read, or avoid