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Comes a Bright Day (2012)

Comes a Bright Day poster
Directed by
Simon Aboud
Genre
heist film
Country
United Kingdom
Runtime
1h 31m
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man gets caught up in a jewel heist at the department store where he works. He forms a bond with a female colleague while trying to navigate the chaos and find meaning in his life.

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What happens

Comes a Bright Day is a 2012 British film written and directed by Simon Aboud, and starring Craig Roberts, Imogen Poots, Kevin McKidd and Timothy Spall. Comes a Bright Day is Aboud's directorial debut. The film is a mix of genres: a darkly comic thriller, involving a romance set within a heist, and a story about searching for the hidden gems that make life infinitely richer. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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