Project Detail

The Marriage of Reason and Squalor

Synopsis

Lydia is given a trip to a desert island as a wedding gift by her wealthy surgeon fiancé. But while waiting for him she meets reclusive and misshapen author Helmut, who starts to exert a strange control over her.
International feature-length version of Jake Chapman's TV series adaptation of his 2008 debut novel
Edinburgh International Film Festival 2015 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2015
Type of project: Features
Running time: 88 mins
Director: Jake Chapman
Producer: Colin Vaines, Andy Noble
Screenwriter: Brock Norman Brock (screenplay), Jake Chapman (novel)
Director of Photography: Simon Tindall
Production Designer: Kristian Milsted
Sound: Joakim Sundström
Composer: Dinos Chapman, Ilan Eshkeri
Principal cast: Rhys Ifans, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Michael Fitzgerald, Noma Dumezweni

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Sky Arts

BSkyB
Grant Way
Isleworth
Middlesex
TW7 5QD

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www.skyarts.co.uk

Sales Company

Starline Entertainment

The Old Town Hall
213 Haverstock Hill
London
NW3 4QP

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