Rare Beasts

Rare Beasts is a 2019 British psychological romantic drama film written and directed by Billie Piper in her directorial debut. It stars Piper, Lily James, David Thewlis, Leo Bill, Kerry Fox and Toby Woolf. Rare Beasts premiered at the Venice Film Festival on 31 August 2019, later receiving a simultaneous release in cinemas and digitally on 21 May 2021 in the UK. Plot An anti rom-com about Mandy, a career-driven nihilistic single mother with a deeply disturbed son, who falls in love with a patriarchal man with rage issues named Pete. Cast Billie Piper as Mandy Leo Bill as Pete David Thewlis as Vic Lily James as Cressida Kerry Fox as Marion Toby Woolf as Larch Jonjo O'Neill as Dougie Antonia Campbell-Hughes as Cathy Montserrat Lombard as Val Mariah Gale as Vanessa Michael Elwyn as Bertie