Project Detail

Pond Life

Synopsis

Summertime, 1994. In a quiet mining village just outside Doncaster, a rumour stirs about the legend of a giant carp in the nearby decoy ponds. Trevor takes watch one night at the water’s edge. The following night, he decides to lead a brigade of young friends and neighbours on a fishing expedition. In a world of broken families, cassette tapes and rumbling political fever, these friends, each with their own struggles to bear, share a moment of harmony as they witness the carp for themselves that they will never forget.

Details

Year: 2018
Type of film: Features
Running time: 98 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Bill Buckhurst 1st Feature
Producer: Rienkje Attoh, Alexandra Breede, Dominic Dromgoole
Executive Producer: Mark Coombs
Editor: Christopher Watson
Screenwriter: Richard Cameron
Director of Photography: Nick Cooke
Production Designer: Anthony Lamble
Sound: Andy Coles, Daniel Jaramillo
Composer: Richard Hawley
Principal cast: Esmé Creed-Miles, Tom Varey, Angus Imrie, Abraham Lewis, Ethan Wilkie, Gianluca Gallucci, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Shaun Dooley, Siobhan Finneran

Genre

Comedy Drama

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Open Palm Films

Alexandra Breede
5 Percy St. 3rd Floor
London
W1T 1DG

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