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The Sense of an Ending

Synopsis

“What you end up remembering isn't always the same as what you have witnessed.”
Tony Webster is retired. Looking back over his quiet life — a career, a marriage, a daughter, an amicable divorce — he's certain that at the very least he never tried to hurt anyone. Memories, though, can be misleading as an unexpected and explosive letter from the days of his careless youth is about to prove…
Adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize-winning novel 'The Sense of an Ending'.

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Features
Running time
108 mins
Director
Ritesh Batra
Producer
Ed Rubin, David Thompson
Executive Producer
Ben Browning, Peter Hampden
Editor
John F. Lyons
Screenwriter
Nick Payne (adaptation, screenplay), Julian Barnes (novel)
Director of Photography
Christopher Ross
Production Designer
Jacqueline Abrahams
Principal cast
Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Michelle Dockery, Emily Mortimer, Harriet Walter, Edward Holcroft

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

BBC Films

BBC Broadcasting House
7th Floor, Zone A
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA

Origin Pictures

4 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LP

Sales Company

FilmNation Entertainment LLC

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

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