The Liar — Investor Brief

Genre: Satirical Drama / Dark Comedy Format: Feature Film Estimated Runtime: 115 minutes Setting: Cambridge University, present day with stylized flashbacks

Logline

A gifted fabulist navigates the absurd pageantry of elite academia, forging identities and truths with ease—until his greatest invention threatens to unravel everything.

Vision

Inspired by Stephen Fry’s audacious debut novel, The Liar is a razor-sharp exploration of deception, identity, and institutional theatre. Through visually rich tableaux and blistering dialogue, the film exposes the surreal similarities between public schools, prisons, and performance art. It celebrates the art of the lie—not as villainy, but as survival, satire, and self-definition.