Y Mynydd Grug (The Heather Mountain)
Synopsis
The framework is a simple story: a year in the life of an 8 year old girl called Begw, who lives in a cottage on the quarry-mining uplands in Caernarfonshire, North Wales, at the turn of the century. From winter to winter, from snow to snow, Begw's experience of life deepens, and her imagination as a budding author matures. Coinciding with Begw's story, as a background to and underlying the whole film, is a portrait of the hard mountain people, the chapel-goers and the rough-necks, the whole close-knit community which struggles to live on the stark slopes of the Heather Mountain.
Details
- Year
- 1998
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 88 mins
- Format
- 35mm Kodak
- Director
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Angela Roberts
- Producer
- Dyfan Roberts
- Director of Photography
- Huw Davies
- Principal cast
- Anwen Haf Ellis, Claire Goddard, Owain Siôn Williams, Dafydd Emyr, Gwenno Hodgkins, Jonathon Nefydd, Sera Cracroft and Stewart Jones
- Screen Writers
- Angela Roberts from the novel ‘Te yn y Grug’ by Kate Roberts
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Llun y Felin Capel Mawr Llanrug Caernarfon Gwynedd LL55 4AE Tel: 01286 678102
Sales Company
S4C International Parc Ty Glas, Llanisien, Cardiff CF4 5DU Tel: 01222 741488 Fax: 01222 754444 E Mail: international@s4c.co.uk
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