The Confusion of Tongues
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| Language | English |
The Confusion of Tongues is a 2014 multi-narrative comedy film written and directed by James Fair. The film stars an ensemble cast, which includes Sadie Frost, Gemma Atkinson, Ewen MacIntosh, Kate O'Toole, Paul Henshall and Katie Sheridan. The story follows a group of Birmingham residents who descend upon a local pub in order to win a lucrative pub quiz.
Local pub owners, Helen (Kate O'Toole) and Derek (Paul Henshall), are preparing for Birmingham's biggest and hardest pub quiz and everyone has their eyes on the prize. Nearby residents include Mary (Selina Giles) who seeks to find common ground with her daughter Gemma (Katie Cleaver), whilst Kelvin (Rory Mullen) is determined not to let his lover, Angel (Gemma Atkinson), discover his financial ruin and enlists the help of his window cleaner, Barry (Ewen MacIntosh) in a crazy plan to burgle his house and claim on the insurance. Local author Ashley (Nicholas A. Newman) has finished his long-awaited epic novel and is having difficulty promoting it, much to the misfortune of his literary agent (Tom Bonington).
As each character descends upon The Spotted Dog pub, chaos ensues as things are not as they seem and each resident learns that extra bit more about each other throughout the course of the night.
Development of the film began in September 2013 as a research project by PhD and Master's students at Staffordshire University. It is the third movie created as part of an international initiative called The 72 Project, where filmmakers collaborate to film, edit and preview a feature-length film in 72 hours. The project also reunited director James Fair and actress Kate O'Toole as well as many cast and crew from previous films as part of the initiative, including Watching and Waiting (2008) and The Ballad of Des and Mo (2010).
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