DO ELEPHANTS PRAY?
UNITED KINDOM, 106 MIN, WORLD PREMIERE Director: Paul Hills Producer: Paul Hills, Jonnie Hurn Writer: Jonnie Hurn Cast: Jonnie Hurn, Julie Dray, Marc Warren, Rosie Feliner, GraceVallorani, John Last Callum Cutter (Jonnie Hurn), fastidious 30something head of his own
failing Advertising company who burdens his employees with his increasingly erratic ways,
struggles to find meaning in the soulless world he is shackled as he faces the challenge
of selling the unsellable product. His only solace is his bi-weekly Tai Chi Class and
the coffee & cigarettes he is addicted to. His life needs to change and it does so in the
shape of Malika (Julie Dray) a stunning free-spirited French woman unbound by the conventions or
responsibilities of the world who enchantingly appears without warning and immediately
starts to question everything he believes in and relies upon. Through her unique blend of
psychology and seduction she persuades him to abandon his make-or-break advertising
campaign for a few soul-searching days roughing it in a forest in her native France.
Whilst his employees, lead by the boisterous Marrlen (Marc Warren) and the slovenly Jode
(John Last), mutiny at his company the normally immaculate Callum is subjected to a series of
increasingly demoralising trials that tease his mind and taunt his perception of
the world, culminating in an intense moment of catharsis at the ominously named “Lake of No
Return” revealing to Callum not only the hidden meaning to his unfulfilled life but also
the perfect way to sell the unsellable product. “Do Elephants Pray?” is an ethereal drama
that baits the spirit and demands answers toquestions that may or may not exist. SUN 28, 5 pm, Regency Agoura Hills 8, Theatre 5
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