The Son and The Sea
© Will Robson Scott
Synopsis
Jonah, charismatically ADHD and dyslexically created, is a man-child who keeps on slipping. At the same time, his best mate, Lee, nimbly climbs every ladder. After hitting yet another bump and under pressure to see his great-aunt, who is lost to dementia, Jonah contrives that he and Lee visit, hoping it might also offer respite from himself and the mess he’s creating. Though the Northeast coast of Scotland wasn’t quite what Lee envisioned, it holds a certain wildness and wonder.
They meet Charlie, who is profoundly Deaf and attempting to clean up after his shady twin brother. Through a developing friendship, the three boys form a connection that ultimately brings Jonah to discover the courage to be vulnerable and that joy is possible despite loss.
THE SON AND THE SEA brings personal experience and threads of familial history together to ask: how will boys become men if there’s no one to show them the way?
Details
- Year
- 2025
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 105 min
- Director
- Stroma Cairns 1st Feature
- Producer
- Imogen West, Kelly Peck
- Executive Producer
- Eva Yates, Max Fisher, Patrick Fischer, Jennifer Eriksson
- Editor
- Sam Hodge, Andonis Trattos, Stroma Cairns
- Screenwriter
- Imogen West, Stroma Cairns
- Director of Photography
- Ruben Woodin Dechamps
- Production Designer
- Cameron 'Manny' McArthur
- Sound
- Paul Hartmann
- Music
- Toydrum
- Principal Cast
- Jonah West, Stanley Brock, Connor Tompkins, Grant Lindsay
- Film Title Note
- FKA Never Seen The Sea
Genre
Production status
Post-production
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Last updated 13th April 2025
