California Schemin’

Based on a true story, this film is a wild trip into the world of ambition, identity and musical fiction. After watching it, “Everyone is the architect of their own destiny and the maker of their own fortune” sounds more like a line from a hard-hitting hip-hop track, because that is the creed followed by Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, members of Scottish rap duo Silibil N' Brains, in the directorial debut of Scotsman James McAvoy, better known until now as an actor. After every London record label laughs the eager young men out of its offices because of their strong Scottish accents, the lads decide to rewrite the script of their lives completely. On their next phone call, their hometown is no longer windy Dundee but sunny, faraway Los Angeles. And, lo and behold, before they have even had time to spin the label executives their invented backstories in better-than-average American accents, the record-label doors open before them as if by magic. But how long can they keep up with their lies and their ever-increasing pace of life? And the most unbelievable part? It is all based on a true story...