Benjamin (2018 British film)

Benjamin is a 2018 British comedy-drama feature film, written and directed by Simon Amstell. It stars Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jessica Raine, Jack Rowan and Anna Chancellor.[2] The film features original music from James Righton (of the Klaxons).[3] It tells the story of an up-and-coming filmmaker's struggle to find connection when he meets an enchanting French musician.[4]

Benjamin
Film poster
Directed bySimon Amstell
Produced by
Written bySimon Amstell
Starring
Music byJames Righton
CinematographyDavid Pimm
Production
company
Open Palm Films
Release date
  • October 19, 2018 (2018-10-19) (BFI London Film Festival)
Running time
85 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$97,000[1]

The film was announced by Open Palm Films in 2017[5] and premiered at the BFI London Film Festival 2018. It was released in select UK cinemas in 2019.[6]

Cast
gollark: How many regularly-visited-by-competent-mathematicians websites which are vulnerable to apiotakeover using 1337 h4xx are there?
gollark: Random people are bad and will get it !!WRONG!!.
gollark: I mean, if you're studying, say, maths, then it's not helpful if random people see a question saying "Prove that there are an infinite number of primes. You have 10 seconds."
gollark: No, you need to get people who actually know the field.
gollark: Not even you, as you just pass off half the decision making to other people somehow.

References
  1. "Benjamin (2019)". www.the-numbers.com. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. "Benjamin". www.theguardian.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. "Simon Amstell and Klaxons' James Righton on working together for new film 'Benjamin' and life after '00s indie fame". www.nme.com. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  4. "Benjamin review: Simon Amstell brings "an hilariously knowing tale of identity and monks"". www.mirror.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  5. "Empire Online Directory - Benjamin". empireonline.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
  6. "The British Film Directory - Benjamin". film.britishcouncil.org. Archived from the original on 15 August 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2019.


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