The Hide
Poisson Rouge Pictures
Synopsis
On the windswept Suffolk mudflats creaks a bird-hide, inside which hovers Roy Tunt, a prematurely aged, mildly obsessive-compulsive birder. With one more sighting - the elusive sociable plover - he will have ’twitched’ the entire British List. The ambitious Tunt has his shortwave radio, packed-lunch and a portrait of his ex-wife Sandra for company.
Suddenly, in the midst of a conversation with Sandra’s portrait, the hide door blows open and a bedraggled stranger - unshaven, edgy and bloodied introduces himself as Dave John, a fugitive from the storm. After a tense introduction, the two men discover that they have a good deal in common, sharing sandwiches, tea and personal exchanges which are frank, poignant and often funny.
But as the two men begin to form a close bond news of a police manhunt sets them both on edgedriving their fragile relationship to a tragic conclusion.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 84 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
- Marek Losey 1st Feature
- Producer
- Bernadette Thomas, Tim Beckmann
- Co-Producer
- Bernadette Thomas, Tim Beckmann
- Editor
- Colin Sumsion
- Screenwriter
- Tim Whitnall
- Director of Photography
- George Richmond
- Production Designer
- Nick Palmer
- Sound
- Dean Humphreys
- Music
- Debbie Wiseman
- Principal Cast
- Alex Macqueen, Philip Campbell
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 26th November 2008
