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A Long Way From Home

Synopsis

Joseph and Brenda have been married for fifty years and are living out their retirement in Nimes. Their daily routine, of letter writing and dinner at the same restaurant, has somewhat taken the shine off their permanent vacation. When they meet holidaying couple Mark and Suzanne, Joseph can't help the sudden, irrevocable change to his mundane world (EIFF).

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Features
Running time
85 mins
Director
Victoria Gilbert
Producer
Guillaume Benski, Junyoung Jang
Screenwriter
Virginia Gilbert
Director of Photography
Ed Rutherford
Principal cast
James Fox, Natalie Dormer, Brenda Fricker, Paul Nicholls

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

February Films

Studio 108, 72 Great Titchfield Street
London W1W 7QW

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