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Ethel and Ernest
Synopsis
Based on Raymond Briggs' award-winning graphic novel 'Ethel & Ernest', this animated feature film is a funny and touching tribute to his parents. An entertaining and heart-warming story about two people who fall in love against the background of immense social change in the mid 20th Century, experiencing the Depression, World War II, postwar austerity and cultural upheaval.
Forty years of change, one enduring love.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Love Strand - World premiere
Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 94 mins
- Format
- 2K Digital
- Director
- Roger Mainwood 1st Feature
- Producer
- Camilla Deakin, Ruth Fielding
- Co-Producer
- Stéphan Roelants
- Executive Producer
- Raymond Briggs, Robbie Little, Adam Partridge, Jon Rennie, Ben Roberts, Natascha Wharton, Matthew Read
- Editor
- Richard Overall
- Screenwriter
- Raymond Briggs (graphic novel), Roger Mainwood (screenplay)
- Director of Photography
- Fraser Taggart
- Sound
- Adrian Rhodes
- Music
- Original Music by Carl Davis; Song ‘In The Blink of an Eye’ by Paul McCartney
- Principal Cast
- Voice Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Jim Broadbent, Luke Treadaway, Macready Massey, Harry Collett, Roger Allam, June Brown, Karyn Claydon, Simon Day, Pam Ferris, Gillian Hanna, Alex Jordan, Virginia McKenna, Peter Wight, Duncan Wisbey
- Animation Director
- Peter Dodd
- Art Director
- Robin Shaw
- Music Supervisor
- Gary Welch
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 21st May 2018
