GusAlvarez

From the heat of a darts trophy match, through a battle of halfwits in a minicab office, to a surreal and possibly redemptive epiphany,  DOUBLE TOP  is a playful, ironic and stylish character piece that mixes social realism with magical realism to create a highly original take on small town masculinity gone awry. TONE and DAZ are two pathetic characters. TONE is an aggressive bully; veins and nerves, cropped hair, stubble, gold chain, ice-white trainers and an England top. DAZ is an easy going but natural underdog; large, uncomfortable in his own skin, bald and always in his ubiquitous darts shirt. They met at school and took an instant dislike to each other yet, now in their thirties, they are still inexorably stuck together, united in their mutual under achievement, their small town M25-badlands self-delusion, and their love of darts. DOUBLE TOP is the fourth collaboration between  award-winning Director, Writer and Cinematographer team Gus Alvarez, Paul Nash and Neill Phillips. The film has been selected by a number of film festivals and was nominated for Best Film at Portobello Film Festival 2013.