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Black Mountain Poets

Synopsis

Lisa and Claire, a pair of on-the-run sisters assume the identities of poets and find refuge at a poetry/camping weekend in the Welsh Black Mountains. They meet another poet who comes between them.
The culmination of director Jamie Adams's improvised ‘Modern Romance Trilogy’ alongside 'Benny & Jolene' and 'A Wonderful Christmas Time'
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

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Year
2015
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Director
Jamie Adams
Producer
Jamie Adams
Executive Producer
Jon Rennie
Editor
Mike Hopkins
Director of Photography
Ryan Owen Eddleston
Production Designer
Rachel Jammali
Composer
Ashley Adams
Principal cast
Alice Lowe, Dolly Wells, Tom Cullen

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