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Released
2014 · FILM

A Long Way Down

Four strangers poised to end their lives converge on a notorious London tower on New Year's Eve and, given six weeks before they’re expected to die, must battle their inner demons and public scrutiny together to find a reason to keep living.

Life is looking up.

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Runtime
96 min
ComedyDrama

Synopsis

Four individuals at rock bottom—a disgraced television presenter, a profanity-spewing teenager, a socially withdrawn single mother, and a musician who has fallen from success—each plan to take their own lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. Their paths cross by chance at Topper's Tower, a high-rise in London known as a suicide spot. The four decide to delay their plans for six weeks, forming an unlikely, dysfunctional family. They become the subject of public attention as the Topper House Four, and together attempt to find meaning and motivation to continue living.

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The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 22

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Chris GillShot by Ben DavisScored by Dario MarianelliDesigned by Chris Oddy

Box Office

2014 · Box office

Grossed $7.2M worldwide

Worldwide gross

$7.2M

Worldwide gross$7.2M

Opening week (7-day): $2K

Peak 1 theaters

Also known as

  • A Long Way Downde
  • A Long Way Down - Zurück ins Lebende
  • Mejor otro díaes
  • Up & Downfr
  • Up and Downfr
  • Non buttiamoci giùit

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