Project Detail

Return to Montauk

Synopsis

In New York for the launch of his new novel, German writer Max runs into Rebecca - a former lover whom Max cannot forget. Both are aware of what they could have had together, and what they let slip away – but will they be able to revive the past?

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Format
Digital
Director
Volker Schloendorff
Producer
Regina Ziegler
Co-Producer
Conor Barry, Francis Boespflug, Mike Downey, Stéphane Parthenay, Til Schweiger, Sam Taylor
Editor
Hervé Schneid
Screenwriter
Volker Schloendorff, Colm Toibin
Director of Photography
Jérôme Alméras
Production Designer
Sebastian Soukup
Principal cast
Stellan Skarsgård, Nina Hoss
Line Producer
Holger Reibiger

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

UK, France, Ireland, Germany co-production

Film and Music Entertainment (UK), Gaunt (FR), Pyramide Productions (FR), Savage Productions (IE), Volksfilm (DE), Ziegler Film (DE)

Film and Music Entertainment (F&ME)

Unit 25
10/11 Archer Street
London
W1D 7AZ

Sales Company

Gaumont

30 avenue Charles de Gaulle
Neuilly-sur-Seine 92200
France

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