Postcards From London
 (2018)
Comedy, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#1419
8*
Seen ItYes
(2/5/2019 Home)
712267381128
IMDB   5.1
90 mins UK / English
DVD 
Leonardo Salerni Marcello
Harris Dickinson Jim
Ben Cura Caravaggio
Kiera Bell Sailor
Jonah Hauer-King David
Bernardo Santos Sailor
Leo Hatton Mary Magdalene
Shaun Aylward Hotel Porter
Raphael Desprez Victor
Rhys Yates 1st Teenager
Christopher Marsh Sailor
Alessandro Cimadamore Jesus
Jerome Holder Street Kid
Leemore Marrett Jr. Paul
Silas Carson George
Stephen Boxer Stuart
Emma Curtis Barmaid
Lew Hogan Beautiful Young Man
Archie Rush Drug Dealer
Richard Durden Max
Johanne Murdock Jim's Mum
Giles New Jim's Dad
Rhys Yates 1st Modernist
Georgina Strawson Art Dealer
Reuben Johnson Photographer
Trevor Cooper Tony
Director/Choreographer
Steve McLean
Producer Soledad Gatti-Pascual
Liane Escorza
Patrick Fischer
Writer/Composer Steve McLean
Cinematography Annika Summerson
Music Julian Bayliss


The story of a beautiful teenager Jim who, having traveled from rural Essex, finds himself in Soho where he falls in with a gang of unusual high class male escorts – The Raconteurs – who specialize in post-coital conversation. From shy novice to sought after escort, and eventually artist’s muse, Jim would be the toast of the town if it wasn’t for his annoying affliction – Stendhal Syndrome – a rare condition which causes him to hallucinate and faint. When Jim is roped into the world of detecting art forgery, could his condition bring about his downfall?
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
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Notes
A fun, somewhat surreal story of a young man from suburban England going to London and becoming a specialized call-boy to artists and art lovers. While not much appreciated by many critics, I saw this film as a wonderful satire of a certain intelligentsia class. Many of the scenes mime Derek Jarman's Caravaggio.