How to Be

Synopsis

A wry coming-of-age comedy about 20-something Arthur who gets dumped by his girlfriend, moves back in with his parents and hits a quarter-life crisis. Arthur uses inheritance money to indulge in retail and new age therapies only to end up enlisting the help of an eccentric self-help guru, Dr. Ellington. Arthur’s painfully funny journey to define his existence brings to the fore the dysfunctional relationship he has with his parents and the importance in his life of his odd-ball friends. How To Be is a timely look at increasingly common phenomena: grown-up children living at home, frustrated creativity and self-help.

Details

Year

2008

Type of film

Features

Running Time

83 mins

Format

S16mm

Director

Oliver Irving

Producer

Justin Kelly

Editor

Reuben Irving, Peter Davies

Screenwriter

Oliver Irving

Director of Photography

Paul Swann

Production Designer

Nic Tuft

Sound

Tim Barker

Music

Joe Hastings

Principal Cast

Robert Pattinson, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Harding, Michael Irving, Powell Jones, Michael Pearce, Johny white, Alisa Arnah

Genre

• Drama
• Comedy

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 5th June 2018