Adult Life Skills

Adult Life Skills (film)
Directed by Rachel Tunnard
Produced by Michael Berliner
Written by Rachel Tunnard
Starring Jodie Whittaker
Ozzy Myers
Brett Goldstein
Alice Lowe
Lorraine Ashbourne
Eileen Davies
Edward Hogg
Rachael Deering
Cinematography Bet Rourich
Production
company
Pico Pictures
Creative England
Distributed by Independent Film Company (international sales), Lorton Distribution (UK), NonStop Entertainment (Scandinavia)
Country United Kingdom
Language English

Adult Life Skills (formerly known as 'How To Live Yours') is a 2016 British comedy feature film, funded by Creative England, and is the feature debut for writer director Rachel Tunnard. It is the feature-length version of BAFTA nominated short,[1] Emotional Fusebox, which premiered at the London Film Festival in 2014.[2] The story of a 29-year-old, Anna (portrayed by Jodie Whittaker) has moved into her mum's shed and is refusing to move out after the death of her twin brother.[3][4]

The film world premiered at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival in April 2016,[5] winning one of the top awards - the Nora Ephron prize for best female director.[6] The film releases in UK cinemas on 24 June 2016.

Plot

Anna is stuck: she’s approaching 30, living like a hermit in her mum’s garden shed and wondering why the suffragettes ever bothered.

She spends her days making videos using her thumbs as actors - thumbs that bicker about things like whether Yogi Bear is a moral or existential nihilist. But Anna doesn’t show these videos to anyone and no one knows what they are for.

A week before her birthday her Mum serves her an ultimatum – she needs to move out of the shed, get a haircut that doesn’t put her gender in question and stop dressing like a homeless teenager. Naturally, Anna tells her Mum to BACK THE F-OFF.

However, when her school friend comes to visit, Anna’s self-imposed isolation becomes impossible to maintain. Soon she is entangled with a troubled eight year old boy obsessed with Westerns, and the local estate agent whose awkward interpersonal skills continually undermine his attempts to seduce her.

This is a story about confronting the things we are most scared of – a story that explores the universal themes of being lost and finding yourself, making peace with who you are, and regaining self-confidence and dignity.

It is basically the same themes as ROCKY if you think about it. But with thumbs. And a cowboy. And no boxing.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Screen Talent Agency. "Emotional Fusebox BAFTA Nomination". STA. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  2. ↑ British Film Institute. "London Film Festival 2014". BFI Official Website. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  3. ↑ Creative England. "How to Live Yours Video Diary". Creative England. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  4. ↑ Women in Film. "Rachel Tunnard Talks to WFTV.org". WFTV. Retrieved 2015-01-25.
  5. ↑ https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-2016-narrative-documentary-features-viewpoints-program
  6. ↑ https://tribecafilm.com/stories/tribeca-film-festival-2016-juried-award-winners-narrative-documentary-shorts-storyscapes

External links

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