A Long Way Down

A Long Way Down

Life is looking up.

R 2014 · 96 min · ★ 6.2 · Comedy, Drama

Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a failed musician—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for reasons to keep on living.

Directed by Pascal Chaumeil · Written by Jack Thorne

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Pierce Brosnan Martin Sharp
Aaron Paul J.J. Maguire
Imogen Poots Jess Crichton
Toni Collette Maureen Thompson
Sam Neill Chris Crichton
Rosamund Pike Penny Chambers
Tuppence Middleton Kathy Miller
Joe Cole Chas Johnson
Josef Altin Matty Thompson
Sarah Andre White Shanay
Shola Adewusi Gladys
Diana Kent Hope

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