44 Inch Chest (2009) on Netflix
Colin Diamond, a car salesman, learns his wife Liz has taken a lover and is left shattered. His friends seize the man, a French waiter, and push him toward revenge.
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Plot summary
Colin Diamond is a successful car salesman whose life comes apart when he learns that Liz, his wife, is having an affair, and the discovery leaves him shattered. His friends do more than stand by him. Meredith, Old Man Peanut, Archie and Mal seize the man Liz has taken up with, a French waiter, and keep him prisoner so that Colin can settle the score himself. They encourage him and press him to get on with it. Colin wrestles with the shame and torment the affair has brought him, and the friends he leans on keep pushing him toward revenge.
Cast
- Ramon Christianas Boy on Sofa
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about 44 Inch Chest (2009)
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- Louis Mellis and David Scinto originally wrote 44 Inch Chest for the stage in 1996, before going on to write the film Sexy Beast (2000), which also starred Ray Winstone and Ian McShane.
- 44 Inch Chest was performed on stage for the first time from 12 to 24 August 2019 as part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at the Perth Theatre; the play was an abridged edit of the original 1996 script, produced by Out of Bounds Theatre.
- Writers Louis Mellis and David Scinto used the works of the artist René Magritte as a source of reference for 44 Inch Chest, as they had for their earlier films Gangster No. 1 and Sexy Beast.
