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Shadows in the Sun (2009 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Shadows in the Sun' is a 2009 British independent film directed by David Rocksavage and starring James Wilby, Jean Simmons, Jamie Dornan and Ophelia Lovibond.The Guardian, July 7, 2009 [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/jun/07/shadows-in-the-sun-review guardian review]
Plot
A mysterious stranger brings together a family that has lost its way.
Hannah (Jean Simmons) is suffering from a chronic illness, smoking cannabis for respite, and has formed an unlikely friendship with a much younger man, Joe (Jamie Dornan). She lives perfectly happily with her poetry, garden and friend Joe but when Hannah's son Robert (James Wilby) arrives with his teenage daughter Kate (Ophelia Lovibond) and younger son, Sam (Toby Marlow), he is discomfited by his mother's arrangements.[http://www.artificial-eye.com/film.php?dvd=ART484DVD&plugs&qt=false&wm=false Artificial eye.com ART484DVD]
Production
Set in the coastal region of north Norfolk the film saw the return of Jean Simmons to the screen after a decade away.The Guardian July 2008 [https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/jul/18/2 the return of jean simmons] It was her last film. The film is set in the 1960s and made use of locations at Walsingham, Holkham and Brancaster.
Poetry extracts heard in the film include 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam' from a translation by Edward FitzGerald, 'The Character of a Happy Life' by Henry Wotton, W.B. Yeats, 'When You Are Old', and 'Variations' by Conrad Aiken.
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