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Polite Society (Original title)
Date: 2022 (Copyright)

Countries: USA, United Kingdom

Director: Nida Manzoor

Synopsis: Martial arts action comedy. In London, schoolgirl Ria Khan has big ambitions in the world of martial arts and stunts. She is horrified to see her sister get engaged and forms a group with her friends to sink the wedding.

Genres:
Action and Adventure, Comedy

Subject:
Family

Series title:

Credits (53)
©: LLC Focus Features, Production Company: Working Title Films, In association with: Parkville Pictures, Presents: Focus Features, Executive Producer: Cecilia Frugiuele, Produced by: Tim Bevan, Produced by: Eric Fellner, Produced by: Olivier Kaempfer, Produced by: John Pocock, Co-producer: Rachel Alabaster, Production Manager: Daniel Watkins, Financial Controller: Gemma Kent, Location Manager: Keith Hatcher, Post-production Supervisor: Hannah Dunnell, 1st Assistant Director: Clare Awdry, 2nd Assistant Director: Darren Baba, Script Supervisor: Francesca Brooks, Casting Director: Aisha Bywaters, Written by: Nida Manzoor, Director of Photography: Ashley Connor, Steadicam Operator: Will Lyte, Visual Effects 1: Automatik VFX, Editor: Robbie Morrison, Production Designer: Simon Walker, Art Director: Sophie Lockwood, Art Director: James Cross, Set Decorator: Amanda Sorrin, Graphic Designer: Kate Trevessey, Property Master: Tom Roberts, Costume Designer: PC Williams, Hair and Make-up Designer: Claire Carter, Title Design: Peter Anderson Studio, Score by: Tom Howe, Shez Manzoor, Orchestra Leader: Everton Nelson, Conductor: Tom Howe, Orchestrator: David Butterworth, Evan Rogers, Score Recordist: Marc McCouig, Score Mixer: Jake Jackson, Choreography: Choreographer, Production Sound Mixer: Alastair Widgery, Re-recording Mixer: Simon Hill, Re-recording Mixer: Tushar Manek, Supervising Sound Editor: Jay Price, Stunt Co-ordinator: Crispin Layfield, Fight Co-ordinator: Rob Lock, Martial Arts Assistant: Adam Rhys Williams, Unit Publicist: Zoe Flower, Acknowledgements: Chris Dickens, Acknowledgements: Celine Haddad, Katherine Pomfret
Cast (27)
Priya Kansara (Ria Khan), Ritu Arya (Lena), Nimra Bucha (Raheela), Akshay Khanna (Salim), Seraphina Beh (Clara), Ella Bruccoleri (Alba), Shona Babayemi (Kovacs), Shobu Kapoor (Fatima), Jeff Mirza (Rafe), Renu Brindle (Mrs Nawaz), Rekha John-Cheriyan (Mrs Abbas), Sally Ann (Edith), Jenny Funnell (Ms Spence), Sophie Aisling (Mrs Iqbal), Su McLaughlin (Mrs Ahmed), Tia Dutt (Jezah), Ryan Loccohee (Sensei 1), Ulli Ackerman (security guard), James McNicholas (head waiter), Tom Bonington (registrar), Eunice Huthart (herself), Sania Shireen Haq, Hemali Patel, Anjlee Bathia, Aliya Meghjee (dancer), Rob Lock (Sensei 2), Adam Rhys Williams (Magnus)