Edward is preparing to leave for a voluntary service in Africa. His mother Patricia and his sister Cynthia decide to gather the family together, on a remote island, as a farewell trip to say goodbye to Edward. Hired cook Rose and painting teacher Christopher, though brought in to help, only serve to bring the family’s anxieties into sharper focus. When Edward’s father is delayed, the unspoken forces of absence and loss bring the family’s buried anger and repressed tension to the surface.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 54 min.
- Country, year
- United Kingdom, 2010
- Genre
- Drama
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N/A
Credits
- Director
- Joanna Hogg
- Screenplay
- Joanna Hogg
- Cinematography
- Ed Rutherford
- Cast
- Kate Fahy, Tom Hiddleston, Lydia Leonard, Amy Lloyd, Christopher Baker
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- unknown - 1
- unknown - 1
Director
Joanna Hogg
Joanna Hogg is a film director and screenwriter who lives in London, UK. Her feature films have won numerous awards and include Unrelated (2007); Archipelago (2010); and Exhibition (2013), starring the artist Liam Gillick and the musician Viv Albertine. Hogg co-founded the collective A Nos Amours with Adam Roberts. Dedicated to programming over-looked and under-exposed cinema, its retrospective of the complete works of Chantal Akerman runs until mid-2015. Hogg is currently working on a film set in the 1980’s.
