UK, 1992
86m
35mm film, colour, 4:3
Dolby Stereo, English
A British fantasy film directed by Margaret Tait.
Plot Summary
A woman travels to the Orkney Islands trying to come to terms with her mother’s death, haunted by dreams and flashbacks to her childhood.
Credits
Crew
Directed by: Margaret Tait
© British Film Institute 1992
Channel Four Television and The British Film Institute in association with The Scottish Film Production Fund, Orkney Islands Council, The City of Edinburgh District Council, Grampian Television plc & with the the participation of British Screen Finance Limited present a Viz Permanent production
Executive Producers: Ben Gibson, Rod Stoneman, Kate Swan
Producer: Barbara Grigor
Co-producer: Kate Swan
Associate Producer: Christine MacLean
Original Screenplay by: Margaret Tait
Director of Photography: Alex Scott
Editor: John MacDonnell
Original Music: John Gray
Sound Recordist: Colin Nicolson
Costume Designer: Lynn Aitken
Make-up & Hair: Irene Napier
Designer: Andrew Semple
Casting Director: Susie Bruffin
Cast
Jack Shepherd (Philip Lomax)
Celia Imrie (Barbara Thorburn)
Gerda Stevenson (Greta Thorburn)
James Fleet (Jim Thorburn)
Sean Scanlan (Andrew Cunningham)
Hilary Maclean (Wendy)
Walter Leask (Sam Kelday)
Sheana Marr (Mrs Kemp)
Eoin Macdonald (Dan of Fea)
Jimmy Moar (Billy Spence)
Liz Robertson (Mary Kelday)
Bobby Bews (Grandfather Bews)
Keith Hutcheon (Roger)
Mairi Wallace (shoe salesgirl)
Pamela Kelly (Mrs Brodie)
Joan Alcorn (Mrs Kilgour)
Lisa Grindall (Joan Kilgour)
Gowan Calder (Eileen)
Katie Groat (young Barbara)
James Holmes (Fergus)
References
Periodicals
- Screen vol.46 no.2 (Summer 2005) pp.235-239 – article (Scottish cinema and Scottish imaginings: Blue Black Permanent and Stella Does Tricks by Ian Goode)
- Screen International no.817 (26 July 1991) p.4 – note
- Screen International no.856 (8 May 1992) p.18 – credits
- Screen International no.859 (29 May 1992) p.27 – credits
- Screen International no.862 (19 June 1992) pp.20-21 – illustrated note
- Sight and Sound vol.3 no.4 (April 1993) p.43 – credits, synopsis, review (by Robert Yates)
- Variety 14 December 1992 p.47 – credit, review
Other sources
- BFI Southbank Guide October/November 2018 p.46 – illustrated listing
- British Board of Film Classification Monthly List of Cinema Films October 1992, p.1 – note
- National Film Theatre Programmes April 1993 p.31 – illustrated listing
