Project Detail

Summer in the Shade

Alice Millar

Synopsis

Summer, 1997. 12-year-old Grace and 11-year-old Asta have been friends for as long as they can remember. When her father suddenly leaves, Grace’s fascination with religion and the supernatural becomes an obsession. At the end of the school holidays the girls go to stay in a cottage in the Cornish countryside with Asta’s bohemian mum, Kate. There, troubled Grace is forced to confront her demons...

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Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 93 min
Format: Alexa Mini
Director: Alice Millar 1st Feature
Producer: Kate Turner
Co-Producer: Benjamin J. Murray
Executive Producer: Kees Kasander
Editor: Alice Millar
Screenwriter: Isobel Boyce
Director of Photography: Benjamin J. Murray
Production Designer: Lena Hawkins
Sound: Focal Rhythm
Composer: David Lackner
Principal cast: Niamh Walter, Nyobi Hendry, Rebecca Palmer, Zaqi Ismail, Fiona Gillies, Helen Masters, Rupert Shelbourne
Costume Design: Lucy Hawkins
Make Up and Hair Design: Gemma Peace

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

The Road Productions

10B Balchier Road
London
SE22 0QB

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