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 film: Features
Running time: 94 mins
Format: 2K Digital
Director: Roger Mainwood 1st Feature
Producer: Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
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
Music: 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

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

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

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Sales Company

The Little Film Company

3940 Laurel Canyon Boulevard #807
Studio City
CA 91604
USA

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