Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The award-winning drama Stuart A Life Backwards details the remarkable friendship between a reclusive writer & illustrator (Alexander played by Benedict Cumberbatch) & a chaotic homeless man (Stuart played by BAFTA Award nominated Tom Hardy) whom he gets to know during a campaign to release two charity workers from prison As Alexander learns more about Stuart s complicated life & traumatic childhood he asks if he can write his story & Stuart advises him to write the story backwards so that it s more exciting like a Tom Clancy murder-mystery As their remarkable alliance develops Stuart gradually recounts his life story in reverse his resilient personality & dry sense of humour giving the story an almost tragi-comic edge Through post-office heists attempts at suicide & spells inside various institutions Alexander is given a glimpse into a totally alien world & begins to understand how Stuart s life spiralled so badly out of control SPECIAL FEATURES Cast Interviews & Behind-The-Scenes Footage