Richard and Kate are middle-class and middle-aged parents who have come to the end of their marriage, finding it hardly possible to bear being in the same room together. However, as their daughter Sophie moves to university, they find themselves alone together and their lives are about to change dramatically. Richard has discovered that his investment firm has been the subject of a fraud scheme, stripping him of any assets including his and Kate's retirement fund. They decide to travel to Paris to target the man responsible and on the way discover that he has given his fiancée a diamond necklace worth $10 million. The couple must re-unite once again if they want to get their nest egg back, which they plan on doing by stealing the diamond with their best friends Jerry and Penelope. Meanwhile, it seems the animosity between Richard and Kate is beginning to wane.
'The Love Punch' is an uplifting British crime comedy directed and written by Joel Hopkins ('Last Chance Harvey', 'Jump Tomorrow') and shows just how close people can become when the stakes are high and the adrenaline's flowing. The movie, starring Emma Thompson and Pierce Brosnan, is set for release in the UK on April 18th 2014.
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Tuppence Middleton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Marisa Berenson, Louise Bourgoin, Sabine Crossen, Laurent Lafitte, Jordan Jones, Patrice Cols, Christopher Craig, Tom Morton, Jean-Louis Barcelona, Jack Wilkinson, Adam Byron, Anna Brooke