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The Son and the Sea

The Son and the Sea
The Son and the Sea

Synopsis

Jonah, charismatically ADHD and dyslexically created, is a man-child who keeps on slipping. At the same time, his best mate, Lee, nimbly climbs every ladder. After hitting yet another bump and under pressure to see his great-aunt, who is lost to dementia, Jonah contrives that he and Lee visit, hoping it might also offer respite from himself and the mess he’s creating. Though the Northeast coast of Scotland wasn’t quite what Lee envisioned, it holds a certain wildness and wonder.
They meet Charlie, who is profoundly Deaf and attempting to clean up after his shady twin brother. Through a developing friendship, the three boys form a connection that ultimately brings Jonah to discover the courage to be vulnerable and that joy is possible despite loss.
THE SON AND THE SEA brings personal experience and threads of familial history together to ask: how will boys become men if there’s no one to show them the way?
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection San Sebastián International Film Festival 2025 - European premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Features
Running time
102 min
Director
Stroma Cairns 1st Feature
Producer
Imogen West, Kelly Peck
Executive Producer
Eva Yates, Max Fisher, Patrick Fischer, Jennifer Eriksson
Editor
Sam Hodge, Andonis Trattos, Stroma Cairns
Screenwriter
Imogen West, Stroma Cairns
Director of Photography
Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Production Designer
Cameron 'Manny' McArthur
Sound
Paul Hartmann
Composer
Toydrum
Principal cast
Jonah West, Stanley Brock, Connor Tompkins, Grant Lindsay
Film Title Note
FKA Never Seen The Sea

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BBC Film

In The Company Of (UK), Studio Cloy (US), Moment Film Group (US), Creativity Media (UK), Creativity Capital (UK)

In The Company Of

Imogen West
67 Parliament Hill Mansions
Lissenden Gardens
London
NW5 1NB

Studio Cloy

Kelly Peck

Sales Company

c/o Studio Cloy

Kelly Peck

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