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Bentley & Shi Productions Antonio Aakeel, whose turn as Hassan Ahmed in Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses” brought him international recognition, has wrapped his first short film as a director. “Lessons in Pretending,” which Aakeel also wrote and stars in, is a darkly comic drama examining fame, shame and the performance of public redemption.
The film follows Arun Khan, a former teen film star whose career has collapsed into scandal. Agreeing to lead a drama school masterclass as a crisis-management exercise, he finds the controlled setting rapidly overtaken by addiction, sexual impulse and a piece of career-defining news.
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