A Long Way Down

A Long Way Down

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 20, 2014

Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for the reasons to keep on living.

A Long Way Down

96 mins | Drama, Comedy | March 20, 2014

A Long Way Down
Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a solipsistic muso—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for the reasons to keep on living.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers BBC Films, Wildgaze Films, HanWay Films, DCM Pictures, Finola Dwyer Productions
Original title A Long Way Down
Directors Pascal Chaumeil
Writers Jack Thorne, Nick Hornby

Cast

Pierce Brosnan

as Martin Sharp

Aaron Paul

as J.J. Maguire

Imogen Poots

as Jess Crichton

Toni Collette

as Maureen Thompson

Sam Neill

as Chris Crichton

Rosamund Pike

as Penny Chambers

Tuppence Middleton

as Kathy Miller

Joe Cole

as Chas Johnson

Josef Altin

as Matty Thompson

Zara White

as Shanay

Shola Adewusi

as Gladys

Diana Kent

as Hope

Leo Bill

as Dr. Stephens

Enrique Arce

as Angelo

Christos Tolera

as Paolo

Honey Epstein

as Maisie

Ilan Goodman

as Airline Steward

Priyanga Burford

as Reporter

Evelyn Duah

as Nurse

Therese Bradley

as Nurse 2