33° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
FESTA MOBILE 2015

JUST JIM

JUST JIM
by Craig Roberts
Country: UK
Year: 2015
Duration: 84'


Jim doesn’t fit in at his school. Shortly after his only friend abandoned him, his dog also ran away, leaving him all alone. Everything changes when Dean moves in next door: a mysterious American guy who seems to have come straight out of a movie. The two become friends and Dean helps Jim look cool and finally become popular at school. But everything comes at a price, and Jim has to manage his new life as well as the challenges of keeping Dean’s secret.

Biography

film director

Craig Roberts

Craig Roberts (UK, 1991), known for his role in Richard Ayoade’s film Submarine (2010), is one of the emerging talents in British cinema. He has also been making increasingly frequent appearances in the US, in indie productions as well as Hollywood movies. He recently finished shooting The Revised Fundamentals of Care-Giving, and is about to appear in Owen Harris’ Kill Your Friends (2015); he is also starting to work on the series Red Oaks. Among the roles he played in 2014, he had significant parts in the movies Neighbours (next to Seth Rogan, Zac Efron, and Dave Franco) and 22 Jump Street. He was nominated Young British Performer of the Year at the 2012 London Critics Circle Film Awards. Just Jim marks his debut as a director.

FILMOGRAFIA

Just Jim (2015).

Declaration

film director

“The main theme I explore in the film is the quality of existence. Jim has the idea that being cool is the answer to everything. No matter how old we are, everyone wants to be respected but it’s a big mistake to try to be someone or something we’re not just to impress others. If the film were to have a message it would be ‘just be yourself.’ Loneliness is also a key theme. […] Growing up and becoming a man is the final theme. The killing is a metaphor for Jim becoming a man and the water is his rebirth. I want to leave the audience wanting to know what happens to Jim next.”

Cast

& Credits

regia, sceneggiatura/director, screenplay
Craig Roberts
fotografia/cinematography
Richard Stoddard
montaggio/film editing
Stephen Haren
scenografia/production design
Arwel Jones
costumi/costume design
Sian Jenkins
musica/music
Michael Price
suono/sound
Pindrop
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Emile Hirsch (Dean), Craig Roberts (Jim), Aneirin Hughes (il papà/dad), Nia Roberts (la mamma/mum), Richard Harrington (il preside/headmaster), Mark Lewis Jones (Donald), Charlotte Randall (Jackie)
produttori/producers
Adrian Bate, Pip Broughton
produzione/production
Vox Pictures
distribuzione/distribution
Movies Inspired


contatti/contacts
Movies Inspired
Stefano Jacono
stefano.jacono@moviesinspired.com
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