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

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Sky Arts

BSkyB
Grant Way
Isleworth
Middlesex
TW7 5QD

Sales Company

Starline Entertainment

The Old Town Hall
213 Haverstock Hill
London
NW3 4QP

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