FAKERS

Year: 2004
UK: Guerilla Films
Cast: Matthew Rhys, Kate Ashfield, Tom Chambers, Tony Haygarth, Art Malik, Rula Lenska, Edward Hibbert, Paul Clayton, Larry Lamb, Jonathan Cecil, Peter Barnes, Stephen Greif, Timothy Bateson, Angela Bradley, Beth Chalmers, Joanna Croll, Ilaria D'Elia, Felicite Du Jeu, David Florez, Sidney Kean, Christopher Kelham, Paul Lacoux, Bruno Lastra, Sam Mancuso, Patricia Marmont, Sally Mates, Jonjo O'Neill, John O'Toole
Director: Richard Janes
Countries: UK / Spain
UK: 85 mins
UK Certificate: 15 contains strong language
UK Release Date: 5 November 2004


Synopsis

In this hilariously charming crime caper set in the eccentric London art world, Nick Edwards (Matthew Rhys) owes £50 000 to the super-smooth, yet brutal, crime-lord Foster Wright (Art Malik) and has four days to find the cash.

Nick knows nothing about working a heist of that size, but when he stumbles across a lost sketch by the legendary Italian artist Antonio Fraccini (Bruno Lastra), he believes he's in the clear. The problem is, it's only worth 15 grand!

With the help of the eternal cynic Eve Evans (Kate Ashfield) and her extremely talented yet naïve artist brother Tony (Tom Chambers), the plan is hatched; to forge the drawing and sell it to five Mayfair galleries within an hour before anyone cottons onto the fact there's a scam going down.