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Being Dead

Synopsis

Joseph and Celice Adkins first fell in love as zoology students on a field trip to Baritone Bay. Thirty years later, on a nostalgic trip back to the dunes where they first made love, they’re brutally murdered. With the crime scene undiscovered for days, we shift back and forth in time, travelling through their lives from their early romance, to the day their bodies are finally found caught in one final embrace.
A bittersweet look at loss, the way fate shapes our lives and a mesmerising vision of the power of love to endure.

Details

Year
2018
Type of film
Features
Director
John Meyer
Producer
Christopher Granier-Deferre, Elliott Williams
Screenwriter
Jim Crace (novel)
Principal cast
Ellie Bamber, Samantha Morton, Brian Cox, Linus Roache

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

Goldcrest Films International

1 Lexington Street
London
W1F 9AF

Sales Company

Goldcrest Films International

1 Lexington Street
London
W1F 9AF

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