Sunshine on Leith
Synopsis
Details
- Year
- 2013
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 99 mins
- Director
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Dexter Fletcher
- Producer
- Andrew Macdonald, Arabella Page Croft, Kieran Parker and Allon Reich
- Editor
- Stuart Gazzard
- Screenwriter
- Stephen Greenhorn
- Director of Photography
- George Richmond
- Sound
- Alastair Mason
- Music
- Paul Englishby
- Principal cast
- Peter Mullan, Antonia Thomas, Freya Mavor
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Black Camel Pictures
55 Partickhill RoadGlasgow
G11 5AB
Tel: +44 141 339 2059
Fax:+44 5601 121 628
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