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AKA, lies are like wishes, UK Film Council, Julian Hayward & Third Rock films in association with Bard Entertainments present a Duncan Roy film ; producers, Richard West, Duncan Roy ; written and directed by Duncan Roy

Label
AKA, lies are like wishes, UK Film Council, Julian Hayward & Third Rock films in association with Bard Entertainments present a Duncan Roy film ; producers, Richard West, Duncan Roy ; written and directed by Duncan Roy
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for sexuality, nudity, language and drug use
Main title
AKA
Oclc number
55985038
Responsibility statement
UK Film Council, Julian Hayward & Third Rock films in association with Bard Entertainments present a Duncan Roy film ; producers, Richard West, Duncan Roy ; written and directed by Duncan Roy
Runtime
115
Sub title
lies are like wishes
Summary
Dean is trapped in a working class suburb with an abusive father and a doormat mother whose job at a London restaurant allows her to regale her son with stories of her famous customers. Dean decides to runaway from home and assumes the identity of Alex Gryffoyn, the son of Lady Gryffoyn who owns a posh gallery. Soon he finds himself in the world of sex, cocaine, and disco upper class, funding his new life through credit card fraud. But Dean eventually learns that reinventing oneself comes at a price
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
Classification
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