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Selected as the Closing Night Gala for this year’s 44th Regus London Film Festival, Born Romantic celebrates life in the capi- tal with more than just a dash of Latin-American spirit. A bittersweet romantic comedy, it follows the sometimes turbulent lives of three couples - Frankie and Eleanor (Craig Ferguson, Olivia Williams), Eddie and Jocelyn (Jimi Mistry, Catherine McCormack),
and Fergus and Mo (David Morrissey, Jane Horrocks) - whose paths criss-cross at a sultry Salsa club.
The other common factor in the offbeat tale is Jimmy (Adrian Lester), their rather angelic cab driver and wisdom-dispensing confidant.
From Scots writer-director David Kane and producer Michele Camarda, who last collaborated on another ensemble film, This Year’s Love, Born Romantic was hatched after a visit to a Salsa club in London. In fact, it was
Adding spice to an offbeat
London tale
the same club, in Brixton, that’s used in the film along with authentic extras and local male dance teachers.
Kane explains: “A friend took me and I immediately imagined a film taking place around me. The music
was fantastic and the dancing very sexy. It was just the setting I needed for the characters that had been kicking around my head for months.
“The structure of the film is
deceptively simple, various stories revolving round a quiet, lonely mini-cab driver. People tell him their problems and he listens.
By doing this, he influences their
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Photos top left: Cinematographer Robert Alazraki AFC; main: Catherine McCormack, Olivia Williams and Jane Horrocks
above (l-r): Writer-Director David Kane; David Morrissey, Jimi Mistry and Craig Ferguson; David Kane with Jane Horrocks and David Morrissey
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