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Summer in the Shade

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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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

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

The Road Productions

10B Balchier Road
London
SE22 0QB

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