Red Rose
Synopsis
Finding difficulties in supporting his growing family of children, Burns seeks work as a local tax and excise officer in the port of Dumfries as Britain is threatened by the spread of the French Revolution. He meets and falls in love with married aristocrat Maria Riddell, and he is unwittingly exposed to rumour and innuendo. Siding with the sentiments of the revolution, his republican stance provokes retaliation from the aristocracy. Walter Riddell, Maria's husband, circulates false rumours to ruin his reputation. Systematically Burns is ousted from all polite society, and reduced to poverty by his government employers. Only his wife Jean and his friend Lewars stand by him.
Burns, blighted by illness since youth, bids to ease his suffering by giving in to the cures of Doctor Maxwell, who wrongly prescribes mercury. Faced with death, Burns reaffirms his love for Maria, and comes to terms with his powerlessness to right his many affairs and the tragedy of his marriage to Jean as he fights to make sure his work is not destroyed.
Details
- Year
- 2004
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 120 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Robbie Moffat
- Producer
- Robbie Moffat
- Executive Producer
- Robbie Moffat
- Editor
- Douglas Aitken
- Screenwriter
- Mairi Sutherland
- Director of Photography
- Bob Ramsay
- Sound
- Robin Rankin, Owen Miller
- Music
- Debbie Wiseman
- Principal cast
- Michael Rodgers, Lucy Russell, Rebecca Palmer, James Watson, Sean Arnold
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Palm Tree UK
North Lodge, Nether PlaceMauchline, Ayrshire KA5 5SU
Scotland
UK
T+44 (0)1290 553322
Sales Company
Palm Tree UK
North Lodge, Nether PlaceMauchline, Ayrshire KA5 5SU
Scotland
UK
T+44 (0)1290 553322
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