Directed by:
David AttwoodCinematography:
Ulf BrantåsComposer:
Rob LaneCast:
Benedict Cumberbatch, Tom Hardy, Nicola Duffett, Barbara Barnes, Claire-Louise Cordwell, Timothy Carlton, Edna Doré, Felicity Dean, George Anton (more)Plots(1)
Stuart A Life Backwards details the friendship between a reclusive writer and illustrator (Alexander) and a chaotic homeless man (Stuart), whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison. As Alexander learns more about Stuart's complicated life and traumatic childhood, he asks if he can write his story and Stuart advises him to write the story backwards, so that it's "more exciting - like a Tom Clancy murder-mystery". As their remarkable alliance develops, Stuart gradually recounts his life story in reverse, his resilient personality and dry sense of humour giving the story an almost tragi-comic edge. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Benedict Cumberbatch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/211/166211759_670f1e.jpg)
Benedict Cumberbatch
UK
Best movies:
Frankenstein (2011) (theatrical recording)
Sherlock (2010) (series)
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
![Tom Hardy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/883/166883008_66fa1e.jpg)
Tom Hardy
UK
Best movies:
Inception (2010)
Warrior (2011)
Black Hawk Down (2001)
Nicola Duffett
UK
Best movies:
Endeavour (2012) (series)
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
Pollyanna (2003) (TV movie)
![Barbara Barnes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/673/158673974_f958f4.jpg)
Barbara Barnes
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
Miss Marple: A Caribbean Mystery (1989) (TV movie)
Claire-Louise Cordwell
Best movies:
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
The Day of the Triffids (2009) (TV movie)
Timothy Carlton
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) (TV movie)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Edna Doré
UK
Best movies:
Our Mutual Friend (1998) (series)
Les Misérables (1998)
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
Felicity Dean
UK
Best movies:
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
Midsomer Murders (1997) (series)
George Anton
UK
Best movies:
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
Calibre (2018)
Dominic Coleman
UK
Best movies:
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
Paddington (2014)
Clubbed (2008)
![Tobias James-Samuels](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/179/163179963_6da382.jpg)
Tobias James-Samuels
UK
Best movies:
Rush (2013)
Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
The Theory of Everything (2014)
Chris Wilson
UK
Best movies:
Sherlock (2010) (series)
The Dark Knight (2008)
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
Sagar Arya
Best movies:
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
Love These Days (2009)
Baar Baar Dekho (2016)
Marston Bloom
Best movies:
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)
A Touch of Frost (1992) (series)
Richard Cant
UK
Best movies:
The Way We Live Now (2001) (series)
Shackleton (2002) (TV movie)
Stuart: A Life Backwards (2007) (TV movie)