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Black Mountain Poets. Image shows from L to R: Lisa Walker (Alice Lowe), Claire Walker (Dolly Wells)
Black Mountain Poets

Black Mountain Poets

  • 2016 film

Part-improvised comedy following con artist sisters forced to re-evaluate their lives. Stars Alice Lowe, Dolly Wells, Tom Cullen, Rosa Robson, Richard Elis and more.

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Black Mountain Poets even make a Tesco receipt funny

When the endlessly moody and peculiar Alice Lowe character reads out a Tesco receipt and tries to give it the hard poetic sell, her sister, in a bonding moment, agrees she's sprung something from nothing through sheer force of will. The same's true of this threesome and this film.

Tim Robey, The Telegraph, 31st March 2016

Black Mountain Poets review

Indeed, for all its Five Go Mad in Dorset-esque, decidedly British humour, this is fundamentally a moving study of the nature of adult sisterhood.

Nikki Baughan, The List, 28th March 2016

Alice Lowe and Dolly Wells interview

Alice Lowe and Dolly Wells play thieving sisters on the run who hide out during a poetry retreat in Black Mountain Poets, an improv comedy gem which premiered this week at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF).

Wendy Mitchell, Screen Daily, 24th June 2015

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