Simon Amstell’s Comedy BENJAMIN Available on DVD From Artsploitation Films

Simon Amstell’s comedy BENJAMIN is currently available on DVD From Artsploitation Films. Ordering info can be found HERE

Simon Amstell’s second film as director, BENJAMIN, was released last year into cinemas, to deserved acclaim too. Benjamin is rightly described as a bittersweet comedy, and it stars Colin Morgan, Phenix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jack Rowan, Jessica Raine and Anna Chancellor.

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self . He has been too long in the edit. On the eve of the premiere at the London Film Festival, he is introduced to a mesmeric French singer called Noah. As they journey through a contemporary London of vegan restaurants, comedy clubs and avant-garde dance, they slowly manoeuvre themselves and each other towards love. Benjamin is a drama-comedy about feeling isolated and struggling for connection.

Critics love BENJAMIN:

“Benjamin is a bleak and hilarious look into the mind of director Simon Amstell. Amstell manages to make the satire and the romance fresh and funny and affecting [and] fills the story with hilariously deadpan one-liners and a scene-stealing cast.  It is a heartfelt laugh-a-plenty love story with lots of bite. – Amos Lassen