Film Trailer
The subtlety of memory and grief is studied in this heartfelt exploration of a bereaved older woman. Grace (Lindsay Duncan), returns home from the funeral of her husband, George (Jim Broadbent), accompanied by her daughter, Lucy (Sophia Myles). Mother and daughter clash, leading Grace to attempt to mourn in isolation.
Confronted by memories of happier times, she begins the process of cleansing the house - and herself - of the medical paraphernalia of the sick man she nursed.
Ignoring phone calls from her daughter, she chaotically extends the purge of George’s earthly manifestations beyond what she can bear.
Faced with her error, she has a choice to make – to either continue on her destructive path, or reach out to her daughter for help.
SYNOPSIS
Cast
Grace - Lindsay Duncan
Lindsay Duncan CBE is a world-renowned stage and screen actress. She has two Olivier Awards and a Tony award for her stage performances (‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ and ‘Private Lives’), and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the Oscar-winning ‘Birdman'.
Her film career includes playing Alice’s mother in both Tim Burton ‘Alice in Wonderland’ movies, and starring in Roger Michell’s Kate Winslet-helmed penultimate film ‘Blackbird’. She has appeared in various Stephen Poliakoff TV dramas, receiving multiple Bafta nominations for her performances, and has recently starred in the TV adaptation of the multi-award winning series of novels ‘A Discovery of Witches’.
LUCY - SOPHIA MYLES
We meet Lucy right at the start of the film. Lucy is our unintended antagonist - saying and doing the wrong thing as she and her mother return from the funeral, which causes Grace to pull away and ask for some space. We feel an obvious history and connection between Grace and Lucy, a mother daughter relationship that has no doubt been tested through the undulations of childhood, adolescence, and a graduation into adulthood.
GEORGE - JIM BROADBENT (voice)
George is the voice of the answerphone – the sound of Grace’s former life, and the essence of her heartache.His voice is cheerful and vibrant; totally detached from the emotions and behaviours displayed by both Grace and Lucy.In vision – George is told in memory, in intimacy, in stolen moments.
DIRECTED BY TOM ANDREWS
WRITTEN BY MICKI COLKER-PEARLMAN
Art Director - Will Rowe
Art Department Assistant - Matilda Dawes
1st Assistant Camera - Ash Lang Wen Li
2nd Assistant Camera - Giselle Turner
Camera Trainee - Jacob Howard
Camera Trainee - Hannah Drury
Still Photographer - Mark Cocksedge
BTS Videographer - Chris Moore
DIT Cosmo - Lawson
ADR Engineer - Aidan Collins
Script Supervisor - Zoë Parker
Electrician Joseph - Dabbs
Grip Trainee - Laura Seears
3rd Assistant Director - Sashan Flanders
Production Assistant - Nick Harrison
Production Assistant - Matthew Vant
Catering - Maria Harris
Producer - Samuel Edwards
Casting - Katy Moriarty-Hopper
Casting - Ciara Kennedy
Director of Photography - Adam Prosser
Gaffer - Mathew Nolan
Key Grip - Carl 'Lump' Dunn
Sound Recordist - Tom Osborn
Production Designer - Mark Harriott
Costume Designer - Bobbie Edwards
Hair & Make Up Artist - Anna 'Fraggle' Jury
CREW
Editor - Tom Andrews
Sound Editor - James Drake
Splice Re-Recording Mixer - Jules Woods
Splice Post-Production Co-ordinator - Jake Hunter
Another Studio ADR Mixer - Aidan Collins
Another Studio ADR Producer - John Love
Molinare Colourist - Carl Thompson
Molinare Post-Producer - James Cole-Ezen
Molinare Post-Production Manager - Noah Thompson
Harbor Online Editor - Richard Ellis
Harbor Online Producer - Rachael Yates
Opening and Closing Music
"Robin's Cello" by Phoria
(Trewin Howard, Edward Sanderson, James Cheeseman, Seryn Burden Tim Douglas and James Hardwick)
Published by Faber Music Ltd. Released on Akira Records Ltd.
Flashback Sequence
"Grace's Memory" by Patrizio Knight