Postcards from London *** (2018, Harris Dickinson, Richard Durden) – Classic Movie Review 12,776

Harris Dickinson stars as teenage Jim in writer-director Steve McLean’s arty, provocative, stylish and sexy 2018 LGBTQ film Postcards from London following a young man’s rather unusual journey in escort work in a highly imaginative vision of London’s Soho.

Harris Dickinson plays teenager Jim, who escapes his rural Essex small town for London and becomes involved with a team of high-class gay escorts in Soho: David (Jonah Hauer-King), Jesus (Alessandro Cimadmore), Marcello (Leonardo Salerni) and Victor (Raphael Desprez). An artist named Max (Richard Durden) wants Jim to be his muse and revive his art career (‘I’m not a rent boy, I’m a muse’).

Steve McLean’s previous film is Post Cards from America (1994).

The cast are Harris Dickinson as Jim, Richard Durden as Max, Jonah Hauer-King as David, Alessandro Cimadmore as Jesus, Leonardo Salerni as Marcello, Raphael Desprez as Victor, Silas Carson as George, Leemore Marrett Jr as Paul, Stephen Boxer as Stuart, Trevor Cooper as Tony, and Ben Cura as Caravaggio.

Harris Dickinson (born 24 June 1996) had his first starring role in the drama film Beach Rats (2017). He followed Postcards from London with County Lines (2019).

Postcards from London is directed by Steve McLean, runs 88 minutes, is made by Diablo Films, is distributed by Peccadillo Pictures, is written by Steve McLean, is produced by Soledad Gatti-Pascual, is shot by Annika Summerson, and is scored by Julian Bayliss.

It premiered at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival on 17 March 2018 and was released on 17 August 2018 in the UK.

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