Simon Amstell's big-screen directorial debut

The official trailer has been released for Simon Amstell's cinematic feature-film debut Benjamin.

The bittersweet comedy tells the story of a rising star filmmaker, who is thrown into emotional turmoil on the brink of premiering his second film, when Billie, his hard partying publicist, introduces him to a mesmeric French musician called Noah.

It has autobiographical notes for writer-director Amstell, with the lead character making art about his self-confessed inability to love.

Set among the back streets of East and North London, the film boasts original music from James Righton of the Klaxons and stars Colin Morgan, Phénix Brossard, Joel Fry, Jack Rowan, Jessica Raine and Anna Chancellor.

It will be released in the UK and Ireland on March 15, having had its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival last month.

Published: 5 Feb 2019