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Year of production : 2017

Director(s) : Daniel COLL
Cast : John GODBER, Nick FIGGIS, Jane THORNTON, Ann MICKLETHWAITE, Toyah WILLCOX, Paul LAVERS, Amy THOMPSON, Victoria EKANOYE

Producer(s) : John DANBURY (VISUALIZE FILMS)

Written by and co staring BAFTA & Olivier Award winning writer, John Godber “Last Laugh” is a comic family drama.

Depicting universal problems many people face in modern life through the eyes of a self-confessed failed writer.

Martin Dawson is a man who has failed in many areas of his life, as a Screen Writer, as a Son, husband and father, as a teacher and employee. Most of his misery has been self-inflicted and partly brought on by his brief affair with an attractive and glamorous film agent.

At the start of the film we see a much damaged man, damaged by his miserable failure (as he sees it) and his strained relationship with his Mother. We see him embarking on a midlife crisis that seems to have no possibility of a positive outcome.

The film takes us on a journey through his attempts at Stand-up Comedy where we see his unbearable situation and his struggle to come to terms with his current situation laid bare in a cathartic rant.

“Last Laugh” is a story of dark into light, a story of discovery and revelation, of pain into joy but most of all a story of real life. At heart it is a story of family, understanding and love with magical humour that grabs the audience and draws them in to, what in the end is a tale of Triumph over adversity and understanding of family.