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Weekend Retreat

Synopsis

Weekend Retreat is a darkly comic thriller set in an isolated house in the picturesque Cornish countryside. Karen Campbell has brought her husband Duncan away for a “quiet weekend”, a chance to communicate and rebuild their fractured marriage. Duncan plays along but seems distant. During their first night they’re taken hostage by Kevin and Gary Tregidger, estranged brothers desperate for money who thought the house was empty. Gaffer taped back to back the Campbells' marriage is pushed to the limit while the Tregidgers can’t stop bickering long enough to get the job done. As the weekend draws on the stakes are raised as secrets are revealed and body parts are lost.
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Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Features
Running time
76 mins
Format
HD
Director
Brett Harvey 1st Feature
Producer
Denzil Monk, Simon Harvey
Editor
Mark Jenkin
Screenwriter
Brett Harvey
Director of Photography
Morgan Lowndes
Production Designer
Iain Andrews
Sound
Derek Norman
Composer
Ian Ross, Benji Bower
Principal cast
Esther Hall, Dominic Coleman, Simon Harvey, Dean Nolan, Dudley Sutton
Line Producer
Jane Hudson
Art Director
Fran Newman
1st AD
Ian Bucknole
Sound Design
Dave Smithers

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

o-region

c/o Hall for Cornwall
Back Quay
Truro
Cornwall, TR1 2LL

Sales Company

Western Light Pictures

7 Weethes Cottages
Penzance
Kernow, UK
TR18 2RP

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