Sunset Song (film)

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Sunset Song
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Film poster
Directed by Terence Davies
Produced by Sol Papadopolous
Roy Boulter
Nicolas Steil
Screenplay by Terence Davies
Based on Sunset Song
by Lewis Grassic Gibbon
Starring Agyness Deyn
Peter Mullan
Kevin Guthrie
Music by Gast Waltzing
Cinematography Michael McDonough
Edited by David Charap
Release dates
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  • 13 September 2015 (2015-09-13) (TIFF)
  • 4 December 2015 (2015-12-04) (UK)
Running time
135 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Luxembourg
Language English

Sunset Song is a 2015 British drama film directed by Terence Davies. It is an adaptation of Lewis Grassic Gibbon's novel of the same name.

It was shown in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 4 December 2015.[1] The film centres around Chris Guthrie, the daughter of a Scottish farmer in the early 1900s.[2]

Plot

The film tells the story of an Aberdeenshire farm girl Chris Guthrie (Agyness Deyn) as she searches for her independence against the odds, in an epic rites of passage story set just before the First World War. The film features Peter Mullan and Kevin Guthrie, and was shot in New Zealand, Luxembourg and Scotland. It was produced by Iris Productions, SellOut Pictures and Hurricane Films and backed by BFI, Creative Scotland, BBC Scotland and Luxembourg Film Fund.[3]

Trailer

The official trailer was released as an exclusive with The Guardian on the 10 November 2015.[4]

Cast

References

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