Project Detail

Grow Your Own

Synopsis

Acclaimed screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce (A Cock and Bull Story, Millions, 24 Hour Party People) has teamed up with filmmaker and friend Carl Hunter to create real life, true love and plump vegetables on a city allotment. A refugee family are given a plot to help rehabilitate their traumatised father. At first they are met with suspicion by the people who have passionately worked the gardens for years, but eventually they are accepted into a diverse community united by their love of making things grow.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Director
Richard Laxton
Producer
Carl Hunter, Luke Alkin, Barry Ryan
Editor
Joe Walker
Screenwriter
Frank Cotrell Boyce, Carl Hunter
Director of Photography
David Luther
Production Designer
Melanie Allen
Principal cast
Bendict Wong, Pierce Quigley, Eddie Marsan, Alan Williams, Omid Djalili, Sarah Hadland, Roland Manookian

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Warp Films

production@warpfilms.com

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