Project Detail

The Gathering

Synopsis

When Cassie, a young American backpacker travelling through an English village is involved in a car accident, she gladly accepts help from the driver and her family and becomes drawn into their troubled lives.
A First Century church is unearthed nearby and within it a rare mural - an eyewitness record of the Crucifixion. The mural is remarkable in its perspective, as rather than featuring the figure of Christ, it shows the sinister faces of those who gathered to watch.

In the aftermath of the accident, Cassie begins to hallucinate and believes malign strangers are following her. Concussion or second sight? Is it her imagination or is she being pursued by the mural's ghoulish and immortal inhabitants, readying themselves to bear witness to yet another human disaster?

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Features
Format
35mm
Director
Brian Gilbert
Producer
Steve Christian, Simon Franks, Zygi Kamasa, Patrick McKenna, Duncan Reid
Editor
Masahiro Hiralubo
Screenwriter
Anthony Horowitz
Director of Photography
Martin Fuhrer
Principal cast
Christina Ricci, Stephen Dillane, Kerry Fox, Ioan Gruffudd

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Samuelson Productions

13 Manette Street
London W1V 5LB
UK

T: 00 44 (0)20 7439 4900

Sales Company

Capitol Films Ltd

Contact: Daisy Allsop
23 Queensdale Place
London W11 4SQ
UK

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