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Happy Retirement Mr Pickering

Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 20 mins

  • Director: Keshav Shree
  • Writer: Keshav Shree
  • Producer: Jean Ciuntu, Keshav Shree

CGiii Comment

There's a fine line between comedy and tragedy, this bounces all over the place.

Not funny enough to be a comedy, less levity and this would have been an absolute tragedy!

Balance is key!


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The(ir) Blurb...

After 30 years at a white collared-job an introverted man is thrown into the isolation of retirement. This re-surfaces suppressed desires of homosexuality and he must battle this thoughts or face his iron-willed wife.

Cast & Characters

Kevin West (as Freddie Pickering)
Linda-Jean Barry (as Isabelle Pickering)
Luis Donegan-Brown (as Geoffrey Abara)
Anita Sharma (as Aditi Mishra)
Schniebley Redick (as Buddy)
Sergio Barba (as Orlando)