Project Detail

Patience (After Sebald)

Synopsis

A richly textured essay film on landscape, art, history, life and loss, Patience (After Sebald) offers a unique exploration of the work of internationally acclaimed writer W.G. Max Sebald (1944 – 2001) via a walk through East Anglia tracking his most influential book, The Rings of Saturn. The much anticipated new feature by the Grierson Award-winning Director of Joy Division, Patience is the first film about Sebald internationally, marking ten years since the writer’s untimely death, and with contributions from major writers, artists and film-makers.

Details

Year: 2012
Type of project: Features
Running time: 80 mins
Format: 16mm
Director: Grant Gee
Producer: Sarah Caddy, Gareth Evans, Di Robson
Composer: The Caretaker
Principal cast: Jonathan Pryce

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Illuminations Films

19-20 Rheidol Mews
Rheidol Terrace
London
N1 8NU
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7288 8422
Fax: +44 20 7288 8488

Sales Company

Soda Pictures

17 Blossom Street
London
E1 6PL
UK
Tel: + 44 (0)20 7377 1407

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www.sodapictures.com

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