Project Detail

Couple in a Hole

Synopsis

A middle aged, middle class British couple are living like feral creatures in a camouflaged hole in the middle of a vast forest somewhere in France. Less than a year ago, they lost everything in a freak wildfire. Traumatised to the bone, the couple vanished and ended up where they are. She does not want to return to civilisation because only here she feels she can make amends. Her husband, on the other hand, finds the constant reminder of their misfortune increasingly unbearable. The couple’s relationship reaches breaking point and repressed emotions come bursting out to the surface.
Toronto International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year
2015
Type of film
Features
Running time
105 mins
Director
Tom Geens
Producer
Zorana Piggott
Executive Producer
Lizzie Francke, Cavan Ash, Colette Delaney-Smith
Editor
Alain Dessauvage
Screenwriter
Tom Geens
Director of Photography
Sam Care
Production Designer
Richard Campling
Sound
Christophe Penchenat
Composer
BEAK>
Principal cast
Paul Higgins, Kate Dickie, Jérôme Kircher, Corinne Masiero

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Production Status

Production Company

UK, Belgium, France coproduction

011 Productions (UK), The Chicken Factory (UK), A Private View (BE), Les Enrages (FR)

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