The Son and the Sea
Synopsis
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
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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
Genre
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 West67 Parliament Hill Mansions
Lissenden Gardens
London
NW5 1NB
Studio Cloy
Kelly PeckSales Company
c/o Studio Cloy
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