Project Detail

Ethel and Ernest

Synopsis

Based on Raymond Briggs' award-winning graphic novel 'Ethel & Ernest', this animated feature film is a funny and touching tribute to his parents. An entertaining and heart-warming story about two people who fall in love against the background of immense social change in the mid 20th Century, experiencing the Depression, World War II, postwar austerity and cultural upheaval.
Forty years of change, one enduring love.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Love Strand - World premiere

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
94 mins
Format
2K Digital
Director
Roger Mainwood 1st Feature
Producer
Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
Co-Producer
Stéphan Roelants
Executive Producer
Raymond Briggs, Robbie Little, Adam Partridge, Jon Rennie, Ben Roberts, Natascha Wharton, Matthew Read
Editor
Richard Overall
Screenwriter
Raymond Briggs (graphic novel), Roger Mainwood (screenplay)
Director of Photography
Fraser Taggart
Sound
Adrian Rhodes
Composer
Original Music by Carl Davis; Song ‘In The Blink of an Eye’ by Paul McCartney
Principal cast
Voice Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Luke Treadaway, Macready Massey, Harry Collett, Roger Allam, June Brown, Karyn Claydon, Simon Day, Pam Ferris, Gillian Hanna, Alex Jordan, Virginia McKenna, Peter Wight, Duncan Wisbey
Animation Director
Peter Dodd
Art Director
Robin Shaw
Music Supervisor
Gary Welch

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Developed with the support of BBC, BFI, Ffilm Cymru Wales, Film Fund Luxembourg, Welsh Government

Lupus Films

Ethel & Ernest Productions Ltd
339 Upper Street
London
N1 0PB

Sales Company

The Little Film Company

3940 Laurel Canyon Boulevard #807
Studio City
CA 91604
USA

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