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Dir.: Niall Johnson

Born in 1965, Niall Johnson began making films a child with his 8 mm cine-camera in his back garden, and as a teenager he founded a youth theatre group. In 1989 he wrote and directed his first film, "Dawn", a minuscule-budget (under $25,000) horror flick which won distribution and favourable press in London and Bristol. He has since written several screenplays, and written and produced a variety of films and series for television in Britain and South Africa. THE BIG SWAP is his first feature.

 

THE BIG SWAP (CA)
1997 / 35 mm / Couleur / 118 min.
Great Britain
P6.25.2, P6.23.1, P6.24.5 

Dir.: Niall Johnson; Script: Niall Johnson; Phot.: Gordon Hickie; Ed.: David Thrasher; Mus.: Craig Johnson, Jason Flinter; Cast: Jackie Sawiris, Richard Cherry, Kevin Howarth, Mark Caven, Sorcha Brooks, Antony Edridge, Julie-Ann Gillitt, Mark Adams, Clarke Hayes, Alison Egan; Prod.: Niall Johnson, Moonlit Pictures, 26 Saxby Close, Clevedon, Avon, BSZ1 (Grande-Bretagne), tél.: 1275 87 84 71, fax: 1275 34 15 06; Sales: Mayfair Entertainment International, 110 St. Martins Lane, Londres WC2N 4AD (Grande-Bretagne), tél.: 171 304 7911, fax: 171 867 1184 .

Eve and Julian, Ellen and Jack, Fi and Michael, Liz and Hal, and Sydney with her constant parade of boyfriends, are a group of twenty-something friends who after many years of close comradeship feel as safe and secure as possible. One drunken night a new idea is broached to take their relationship a step further: partner swapping. At first it's nothing but good dirty fun; they think they can handle it. But by the time they realize they're wrong, that the physical side of love has a profound effect on the emotional side as well, it's too late. Their relationships are transformed forever. Fi's disillusionment has an irreversible impact on Michael; Julian's behaviour so alienates Eve that she seeks attention elsewhere; Sydney's latest boyfriend Sam turns out to be an old flame of Ellen's which, in turn, threaten's Ellen's marriage with Jack; and Hal's hidden jealousy will lead to an act that threatens the entire future of the "crowd".

             
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