Project Detail

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

Production Status

Pre-production

Production Company

Bo-Ho Films/ Sad & Beautiful Films

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Sales Company

Bo-Ho Films

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