Prince of Muck
Synopsis
Directed by first time feature director Cindy Jansen, PRINCE OF MUCK is a beautifully realised, cinematic documentary about a man struggling to accept he no longer controls his son, his life, nor the isle he so loves. Dutch Director Jansen brings a cool, seemingly detached ‘outside eye’ to a classic Scottish scenario, as a Laird surveys his Life and Land. Jansen's carefully constructed narrative gives space to inter-generational tensions to slow-burn, dramatic effect.
PRINCE OF MUCK starts off as a portrait of an eccentric man, but slowly rises above his family’s history on this particular island, to become a more universal story, a classical rendition of interdependence, a simultaneously transient, yet deep, experience, of a man slowly accepting the eternity that beckons him and, we ultimately recognise, awaits us all.
Details
- Year
- 2021
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 78 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Cindy Jansen 1st Feature
- Producer
- Grant Keir, Rene Goossens, Annemiek van Gorp
- Editor
- Katharina Wartena, David Arthur
- Screenwriter
- Cindy Jansen
- Director of Photography
- Julian Schwanitz
- Sound
- Robert McDougall
- Composer
- David McAulay
- Principal cast
- Lawrence MacEwen (as himself)
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Faction North Ltd / de Productie
Faction North Ltd
1 (T2 f3) SummerhallEdinburgh EH9 1PL
Sales Company
Grant Keir
ProducerFaction North Ltd
1 (T2 f3) Summerhall
Edinburgh EH9 1PL
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