Ealing and West London provides the background to a new indie film opening later this month which explores the lives, loves and ambitions of a group of musicians, actors and artists in their 20s and 30s looking to make in the creatives industries.
Never A Master Plan is the debut drama from Giorgio Guernier who previously released Suburban Steps to Rockland a documentary about legendary rock venue, The Ealing Club.
Written, produced and directed by Mr Guernier, the film follows in the style of observational cinema by providing a fly on the wall as it looks at the characters and their situations. .
Mr Guernier said: “It’s my tribute to cinema verite and to the London creative community. I have a documentary background and I’ve always been interested in people and the reality in which they live.”
He explained the background to the film: “The idea of making a movie about a group of creative Londoners came to me very naturally. I just needed to look around. It’s my story, it’s my friends’ story. I was interested in the sort of realism where the characters are somehow based on the actors’ real life: given a detailed storyline, all the dialogues have been improvised.”
Never A Master Plan features performances by up-and-coming French actress Margaux Billard supported by a troupe of non-professionals, including Allegra Shock, Ella Clayton Bell, Sandro Crisafi, and Thomas Rossi.
Said Giorgio: I’ve added to the recipe a pinch of rock music, a genre I’ve grown up on and which was the subject of my first film, Suburban Steps to Rockland.”
Release dates
19 May 2023 at The Rio Cinema (107 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2PB) at 6:30pm as part of the summer edition of the Doc’n’Roll Film Festival.
https://riocinema.org.uk/movie/docn-roll-presents-never-a-master-plan-world-premiere-qa/
24 May 2023 at the Ealing Project Cinema (1 High Street, Ealing London W5 5DB) at 8pm.
https://www.ealingproject.co.uk/movie/never-a-master-plan/
