Synopsis
A film based on the best selling book of the same name
by Meg Rossoff. Fifteen year old Elizabeth's New York family are fed up and
tired of her self-inflicted starvation and distaste of her step mother. So
Daisy, as she prefers to be known, is sent by her father and stepmother to live
with her cousins Osbert, Isaac, Edmond and Piper, and her Aunt Penn, in
England. Soon she realizes that her cousins are some of the most intriguing,
special people she has ever met, and strikes up a strong bond with all of them,
especially the semi-telepathic, precocious Edmond. Daisy quickly adapts to the
English countryside lifestyle and begins to feel at home for the first time in
her life, and barely notices the whispers about war that begin to circulate,
until Aunt Penn is sent away to aid the Peace Process. With the departure and
subsequent death of Aunt Penn, and no adults left to supervise the children,
Daisy and Edmond's relationship soon blossoms into something that is a little
more than cousinly love. However, her new found idyllic life in the country is
soon shattered by the advance of the Third World War, and she and Piper are
sent away from Edmond, Isaac and Osbert. Surrounded by enemies during the
futuristic "occupation", Daisy must find a way to reunite the family
through all the bloodshed before their lives are ruined by the separation and
the horrors of the war.
Who was the director and what other films
have they made/directed?
The director is Kevin
Macdonald and other notable films he has directed is The Last King of
Scotland, State of Play, Touching the Void and The Eagle.
Which companies made the film?
Magnolia
Pictures
Momentum
Pictures
Madman
Entertainment
Film 4
Cowboy Films
Where was it filmed?
England
& Wales
What camera was used for the cinematography?
What were the benefits of using this camera?
Arri Alexa M
Arri Alexa Plus
Arricam LT
Arriflex 435
Canon EOS C300
Arri Alexa Plus
Arricam LT
Arriflex 435
Canon EOS C300
The benefits of
using this camera is that they were able to shoot freely as during
pre-production they started shooting scenes of landscapes and sunset. This
camera made it easier for them to shoot these landscapes as it was so much more
compact and handheld compared to the proper filming cameras used in Hollywood
films.
Who are the
main actors and what else have they been in?
The main actors are Saoirse Ronan who has been in hit films such
as The Lovely Bones, Atonement and Hanna. Tom Holland has been in the film The
Impossible and Arrietty and George MacKay who has been in Peter Pan, Defiance,
Private Peaceful and the Thief Lord.
Which company did the visual effects for the
film? What type of effects did they create?
Union Visual
Effects & Plowman Craven & Associates
The effects they created were the portrayal of a third world war
in the modern era. The use of explosives, guns and military equipments were
used and also effects such as buildings crashing down and abandoned and
destroyed roads.
Which studio/s distributed the film in the
UK, USA and Europe?
Where
was it distributed? (Which countries has it been released in?)
Canada
USA
Greece
UAE (United Arab Emirates)
Russia
Kuwait
Singapore
France
Spain
Brazil
Hungary
What
country is the film from?
The film is from the UK, a British film
Which
film festival’s has it appeared in?
Toronto
International Film festival
Chicago
International Film Festival
Dinard
Festival of British Cinema
Dubai
International Film Festival
What
awards has it received (if any)?
In
what formats is it available to watch now?
DVD, Blu-ray
No comments:
Post a Comment