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Five Leaves Left

Five Leaves Left

Synopsis

In the summer of 1997, two 19 year old lovers set out from the Birmingham suburbs in a classic car. Their destination: the grave of Nick Drake, whose music had become a shared language between them and a comfort for their unacknowledged pain.
This journey, captured in memory and reimagined on screen, becomes a meditation on youth,
longing, and the quiet power of music to shape identity and connection where deeply hidden
vulnerabilities can be shared.
Interwoven with this personal narrative are intimate audio interviews with artists from different
generations who reflect on how Drake’s music shaped their lives and creative paths. Their
insights echo and deepen the emotional terrain of the road trip, creating a layered portrait of
influence, absence, and resonance.
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Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
40 min
Director
Alex Crowton
Producer
Alex Crowton
Co-Producer
Bobby Dass, Angela Faye Martin
Executive Producer
Mike Rea
Editor
Bobby Dass
Screenwriter
Di Barley, Alex Crowton, Angela Faye Martin
Director of Photography
Matthew Jeffrey.
Production Designer
Dan Mucklow
Sound
Josh Dykes
Composer
James Coulthard, John Parish

Genre

Docufiction Experimental Music

Categories

Documentary Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

Bo-Ho Films/ Sad & Beautiful Films

Sales Company

Bo-Ho Films

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