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The Lodge

Synopsis

A psychologically chilling slow burn; a young woman and her reticent new stepchildren find themselves isolated in the family’s remote winter cabin, locked away to dredge up the mysteries of her dark past and the losses that seem to haunt them all.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2019 - Premieres - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2019 - Cult Strand

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Features
Running time
100 mins
Director
Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Producer
Simon Oakes, Aliza James, Aaron Ryder
Executive Producer
Ben Browning, Alison Cohen, Milan Popelka, Brad Zimmerman, Marc Schipper, Xavier Marchand
Editor
Michael Palm
Screenwriter
Sergio Casci, Veronika Franz, Severin Fiala
Director of Photography
Thimios Bakatakis
Production Designer
Sylvain Lemaitre
Principal cast
Riley Keough, Jaeden Martell, Lia McHugh, Alicia Silverstone, Richard Armitage

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

US, UK co-production

Hammer Films (UK), FilmNation Entertainment (US)

Hammer Films

2nd Floor, 52 Haymarket
London
SW1Y 4RP

Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment

150 West 22nd Street, 9th Floor
New York
NY 10011
USA

Endevor Content (co-representative for US sales)

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