Ethel and Ernest
Synopsis
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 Ltd339 Upper Street
London
N1 0PB
Sales Company
The Little Film Company
3940 Laurel Canyon Boulevard #807Studio City
CA 91604
USA
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