Love Actually is a new romantic comedy in the tradition of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones's Diary. Set in contemporary London in the weeks before Christmas, it tells one story which weaves together a spectacular number of love stories-sometimes romantic, sometimes sad, sometimes stupid-all funny in their own way.

Everywhere you look, love is causing chaos. From the new bachelor Prime Minister who falls in love 30 seconds after entering Downing Street to a loser sandwich delivery guy who doesn't have a hope with the girls in the UK, so heads for Wisconsin; from a jilted writer who escapes to the south of France to nurse his broken heart to an aging rock star trying to make a comeback at any price; from a bride having problems with her husband's best man to a married woman having trouble with her husband; from a schoolboy with a crush on the prettiest girl in the school to his architect step-father with a crush on Claudia Schiffer.

These London lives and loves collide, mingle and finally climax on Christmas Eve-again and again and again-with romantic, poignant and funny consequences for all.

Universal Pictures and StudioCanal proudly present a Working Title production in association with DNA Films, Love Actually, the directorial debut of celebrated screenwriter Richard Curtis (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jones's Diary, Notting Hill) with a stellar ensemble cast including Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Laura Linney, Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Bill Nighy, Keira Knightley, Martine McCutcheon and Rowan Atkinson.

Written by Curtis, Love Actually is produced by Duncan Kenworthy, Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.