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Stella

Synopsis

Scotland, 1937. Stella, a 20 year-old German Jewish student, finds work on a large country estate owned by the fascist Earl of Rig. With war looming and desperate to find her missing parents, Stella is quickly accepted as one of the family and must hide her true identity to survive. While there she falls in love, with life changing consequences. Based on the folktale of Cinderella, championing the struggle with identity, home and love, STELLA is the tale of a refugee.
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Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Features
Running time
118 min
Format
Digital Red Camera
Director
Jessica Fox 1st Feature
Producer
Belle Doyle, Tabitha Mudaliar
Executive Producer
Edward Hocknell, IronFox
Editor
Duncan Formosa
Screenwriter
Jessica Fox
Director of Photography
Ben Please
Production Designer
Ella McCreath
Sound
Ben Please
Composer
Thomas Torhouse
Principal cast
Oli Fyne, Louis Hall, Susan Vidler, Rufus Right, Gary Lewis

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Innerwell Media

Wigtown

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