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Reawakening

Synopsis

John (Jared Harris) and Mary (Juliet Stevenson) have lived in an agonizing limbo of grief and guilt for the past ten years. Their only child, Clare, ran away from home when she was fourteen and no trace of her whereabouts has ever been found. When Clare returns, now a young woman of twenty-four, Mary is overjoyed. But John comes to believe that Clare is not who she claims to be. As old tensions resurface, a gripping search for the truth unfolds.
REAWAKENING is the powerful, psychologically piercing and searingly emotional second feature from BAFTA-nominated writer/director Virginia Gilbert.
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Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 min
Format
Digital 4K
Director
Virginia Gilbert
Producer
Barry Castagnola, Virginia Gilbert
Executive Producer
Jared Harris, Lucette Walters
Editor
Derek Ryan
Screenwriter
Virginia Gilbert
Director of Photography
Giles Harvey
Production Designer
Aimee Meek
Sound
Sam Mason
Composer
Torquil Munro
Principal cast
Jared Harris, Juliet Stevenson, Erin Doherty

Genre

Action Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Rustle Up Productions

Studio 215, The Lightbulb Offices
1 Filament Walk
London
SW18 4GQ

Sales Company

WestEnd Films

99 Kenton Road
Harrow
HA3 0AN

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