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Bookmark this pageThe Lives of the Saints (2006)
Director: Rankin, Chris Cottam
Movie review
From Time Out London
The debut feature from photographer Rankin and directing partner Cottam has an unusual history: the Italian fashion brand Meltin’ Pot offered the directors a pot of money to find a script and shoot it in a matter of weeks. The chosen script – 20 years old – by Tony Grisoni (‘Brothers of the Head’) brings a touch of magic realism to Haringey’s Green Lanes, marrying poetic dialogue to the realist setting and characters of the area. A larger-than-life James Cosmo, playing a local crim, lords it over the pool rooms and kebab shops of the neighbourhood – a place of drab existences until two youths discover a mysterious, silent child who starts to grant everyone whatever wish they desire. Ambitious and beguiling.Author: Dave Calhoun
Time Out London Issue 1887: October 18-25 2006
Cast & crew
Director: Rankin, Chris Cottam
Producer: Laura Hastings-Smith
Cast: James Cosmo, David Leon, Emma Pierson, Marc Warren, Sam MacLintock, Bronson Webb, Daon Broni, Gillian Kearney full cast
Rated: 15
Duration: 101 mins
UK Release: Jan 26 2007
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