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SYNOPSIS:<br />
THE LOOK OF LOVE<br />
BERLINALE SPECIAL GALA<br />
Michael Winterbottom’s “THE LOOK OF LOVE” stars Steve Coogan (24 Hour Party People, The Trip) in the truelife<br />
story of Paul Raymond, the man behind Soho’s notorious Raymond Revue Bar and Men Only magazine.<br />
Paul Raymond began his professional life with an end of the pier mind-reading act. He soon realized that the<br />
audience were more interested in watching his beautiful assistant, and that they liked it even more if she was<br />
topless. He quickly became one of Britain’s leading nude revue producers. In 1958 he opened his Revue Bar in<br />
Soho, the heart of London’s West End. As it was a private club, the nudes were allowed to move. A huge<br />
success, it became the cornerstone of a Soho empire, prompting the Sunday Times in 1992 to crown him the<br />
Richest Man in Britain. The film focuses on Raymond's relationships with the three most important women in<br />
his life: his wife Jean (Anna Friel), his lover Fiona (Tamsin Egerton) and his daughter Debbie (Imogen Poots). It<br />
is a modern day King Midas story, with Raymond acquiring fabulous wealth, but at the cost of losing the<br />
people who are closest to him.<br />
Director Michael Winterbottom and cast-members Steve Coogan, Imogen Poots, Anna Friel and Tamsin<br />
Egerton will be in Berlin to present the film, along with screenplay writer Matt Greenhalgh and producer<br />
Melissa Parmenter.<br />
<strong>DDA</strong> CONTACTS:<br />
Nora Brechbuehl and Adele Ibbotson (TLOL@ddapr.com)<br />
Section: Berlinale Special Gala<br />
Running Time: 99 Minutes<br />
Official Screening: 9.00pm, Sunday 10 February, Friedrichstadt-Palast<br />
Photo Call:<br />
7:30pm, Sunday 10 February, Hyatt Hotel<br />
<strong>Press</strong> Conference:<br />
7:40pm, Sunday 10 February, Hyatt Hotel<br />
<strong>Press</strong> Screening: 6:30pm, Saturday 9 February, CinemaxX 9<br />
Additional Screenings: 3.00pm, Saturday 16 February, Friedrichstadt-Palast<br />
10.00pm, Sunday 17 February, Haus der Berliner Festspiele<br />
International <strong>Press</strong> Day: TBC, Monday 11 February, Venue: TBC<br />
LOCAL DISTRIBUTORS:<br />
HONG KONG Intercontinental – SINGAPORE Shaw – SOUTH KOREA Timestory – BALTIC STATES Acme – CZECH<br />
REPUBLIC Blue Sky – EX YUGO (Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro &<br />
Macedonia) Megacom Film – POLAND ITI – RUSSIA MGN Films – SLOVAKIA Blue Sky – BENELUX Wild Bunch –<br />
FRANCE Pretty Pictures – GREECE Village Roadshow – ICELAND Myndform – PORTUGAL Lusomundo –<br />
SWITZERLAND Impuls – UK StudioCanal – CANADA / USA IFC – AUSTRALIA Madman Entertainment – NEW<br />
ZEALAND Madman Entertainment<br />
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