Departure
Synopsis
Touched by myth and landscape, 'Departure' narrates the story of the end of a marriage, the end of childhood and the end of an otherwise nuclear middle class family.
Dinard Festival of British Films 2015 - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 109 mins
- Director
-
Andrew Steggall 1st Feature
- Producer
- Pietro Greppi, Guillaume Tobo, Cora Palfrey
- Executive Producer
- Daniel Campos Pavoncelli, Georgia Oetker, Stephanie Keelan, Karine Riahi
- Editor
- Dounia Sichov
- Screenwriter
- Andrew Steggall
- Director of Photography
- Brian Fawcett
- Sound
- Tom Drew
- Music
- Jools Scott
- Principal cast
- Juliet Stevenson, Alex Lawther, Phénix Brossard, Finbar Lynch, Niamh Cusack, Patrice Juiff
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, France coproduction
Motion Group Pictures (UK), Connectic Studio (FR), Amaro Films (UK), BFI (UK)
Motion Group Pictures
Pietro Greppi293 Westbourne Park Road
London
W11 1EE
Sales Company
Mongrel International
1028 Queen Street WestM6J 1H6 Toronto
Ontario
Canada
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