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Beast

Synopsis

In a small island community, a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape her oppressive family. When he comes under suspicion for a series of brutal murders, she defends him at all costs and learns what she is capable of.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2017 - Platform - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - First Feature Competition
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - Spotlight
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018

Details

Year
2017
Type of film
Features
Running time
107 mins
Director
Michael Pearce 1st Feature
Producer
Ivana MacKinnon, Lauren Dark, Kristian Brodie
Executive Producer
Myles Payne, David Staniland, Natascha Wharton, Sam Lavender, David Kosse
Editor
Maya Maffioli
Screenwriter
Michael Pearce
Director of Photography
Benjamin Kraun
Production Designer
Laura Ellis-Cricks
Sound
Sound Designer, Supervising Sound Editor: Gunnar Óskarsson
Music
Jim Williams
Principal cast
Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Trystan Gravelle, Geraldine James, Charley Palmer Rothwell

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

An Agile Films and Stray Bears Productions film funded by BFI First Feature Awards and Film4

Agile Films

68-72 Redchurch Street
London
E2 7DP

Stray Bear Productions

Lauren Dark
37 Warren Street
London
W1T 6AD

Film4

124 Horseferry Road
London
SW1P 2TX

Sales Company

Protagonist Pictures

42 - 48 Great Portand Street
London
W1W 7NB

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