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Radiator

Synopsis

Retired couple Leonard (Richard Johnson) and Maria (Gemma Jones) still live in the rambling Cumbrian cottage where they’ve spent much of their 40-year marriage. But this family home has turned into a mausoleum to their loving but eccentric relationship, crammed full of junk and overrun with mice. Confined to the living-room couch, Leonard is growing irascible, while the long-suffering Maria struggles with his increasingly wayward demands. Their middle-aged son Daniel (Daniel Cerqueira) arrives from London determined to take charge, but the old family patterns are soon reasserting themselves as Leonard and Marie resist his efforts to help.
London Film Festival 2014 - World premiere

Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
93 mins
Director
Tom Browne 1st Feature
Producer
Genevieve Stevens
Executive Producer
Barbara Broccoli, Mel Agace, Rachel Weisz
Editor
Joe Randall-Cutler
Screenwriter
Tom Browne, Daniel Cerqueira
Director of Photography
David Johnson
Composer
Simon Allen
Principal cast
Richard Johnson, Gemma Jones, Daniel Cerqueira

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Turnchapel Films

87 St. Stephens Avenue
London
W12 8JA

Sales Company

Starline Entertainment

The Old Town Hall
213 Haverstock Hill
London
NW3 4QP

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