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Where Dragons Live

Synopsis

After the death of their parents, four siblings revisit their childhood home in Oxfordshire to tidy up before the house is sold. The old house creaks as the heirs rummage through every room. The house itself looks like a cross between the sets of Downton Abbey, Harry Potter and a BBC documentary on English gardening – charming, enchanting, a little creepy and maybe even cursed. Esoteric collections, antique furniture, paintings and, not least, a shared past, spill out of the cabinet of curiosities. Here, reality and fantasy have lived side by side. With each treasure they pack away, a new page in the story of an eccentric family are revealed. The mother, a passionate scientist, and the father, a dragon-obsessed art historian, filled their children with a mixture of made-up science and fabulous adventures. As the summer progresses and the old house is emptied, the four adult siblings must revisit the distant land of childhood together.
Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2024 - World premiere
Official Selection CPH:DOX 2025

Details

Year
2024
Type of project
Features
Running time
82 min
Director
Suzanne Raes
Producer
Ilja Roomans
Co-Producer
Reece Cargan
Executive Producer
Mark Thomas
Editor
David Arthur
Director of Photography
Victor Horstink
Composer
Alex Simu

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Netherlands, UK co-production

A Docmakers (NL) production in co-production with Bombito Productions (UK), NTR (NL)

Bombito Productions

Reece Cargan
0/1, 9 Roxburgh Street
Glasgow

Sales Company

Film Harbour

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