44 Inch Chest
44 Inch Chest, a powerful and explosive drama of retribution, is the feature film debut of renowned photographer and commercials director Malcolm Venville.
A tour de force for Ray Winstone, the Emmy Award Winner and BAFTA Nominee leads an impressive all-star British cast including Multi-BAFTA Winner and Academy Award® Nominee John Hurt; Golden Globe® Winner Ian McShane; BAFTA and Emmy Award Winner Tom Wilkinson; BAFTA Winner Stephen Dillane; BAFTA Nominee Joanne Whalley and César Award Nominee Melvil Poupaud in this sophisticated crime thriller which blends a story of lost love and vengence that will confound your expectations.
Winstone (The Departed, Sexy Beast) plays Colin Diamond, a man in agony, shattered by the bombshell of his wife’s infidelity with a young French waiter.
His motley crew of friends; Old Man Peanut (Hurt - Hellboy, Midnight Express), Meredith (McShane - Deadwood, Sexy Beast), Archie (Wilkinson - Michael Clayton, Batman Begins) and Mal (Dillane - King Arthur, The Hours) kidnap Loverboy (Poupaud - Speed Racer) and assemble a kangeroo court so that Colin can restore his manhood with revenge.
A very bumpy night ensues for Loverboy whose life is at stake as Colin wrestles with heartbreak, anger, madness love and gargantuan self-pity.
Potent, provocative and outrageously profane, this visceral exploration of the masculine ego at breaking point is penned by Sexy Beast writers Louis Mellis and David Scinto, and produced by Richard Brown and Steve Golin, whose credits include Babel, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Being John Malkovich.
A director of television commercials, music videos and short films, Malcolm Venville has been working in the visual field for over 12 years and has been the recipient of every major honor in advertising.
44 Inch Chest is released on 15th January 2010 by Momentum Pictures.