Brakes. Image shows from L to R: Livy (Julia Davis), Alan (Peter Wight), Layla (Mercedes Grower), Daniel (Noel Fielding), Elliott (Julian Barratt)
Brakes
- 2017 film
Dark comedy about relationship break-ups. Stars Mercedes Grower, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Oliver Maltman, Julia Davis and more.
Streaming rank this week: 6,190
Brakes. Image shows from L to R: Daniel (Noel Fielding), Layla (Mercedes Grower)
Key details
- Genre
- Film
- Released
- 2017
- Stars
- Mercedes Grower, Noel Fielding, Julian Barratt, Oliver Maltman, Julia Davis, Peter Wight, Seb Cardinal, Steve Oram and more
- Writer
- Mercedes Grower
- Director
- Mercedes Grower
- Producers
- Mercedes Grower, Judy Counihan, Michael Foster, Kurban Kassam and Joseph Lynn
- Company
If you knew where it would end, would you ever begin?
Brakes is a raw, dark comedy about endings and beginnings. A failed relationship is rarely predicted but always reviewed...
Split into two halves, Brakes follows the tumultuous stories of nine couples. It plunges straight into the brutal and absurd endings of their relationships, and then travels back in time to the moment when the spark of love between them first emerged.
Using London as their match maker, each of their stories is unique, yet familiar to us all.
Stream and download
Brakes is in select cinemas from 24th November 2017. Q & A screenings
Additional details
- UK certificate
- 15
- Duration
- 84 minutes
- UK release
- Friday 24th November 2017
- Produced
- 2016
- UK premiere
- Sunday 19th November 2017, Norwich Film Festival
- Distributors
- Production
- Location
- Camera set-up
- Single camera
- Picture
- Colour
Website links
Broadcast details
- Most recent repeats
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- Friday 12th February 2021 at 1:25am on Film4
- Thursday 23rd July 2020 at 12:50am on Film4
- Wednesday 8th January 2020 at 1:10am on Film4
Recording details
- London and Queens Ice & Bowl