Film · 2016
The Levelling
Directed by Hope Dickson Leach · starring Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton and John Bell
- 1 h 23 min
- 15
- Drama
UK
- Released in the UK 11 May 2017
- 8.0 Critics3 reviews
Synopsis
In October of 2014, in the town of Somerset. Clover Catto (Ellie Kendrick) gets a telephone call telling her that her younger brother Charlie (Joe Blakemore) has died, she has to get back to her family's farm and face her father (David Troughton) who she doesn't have a good relationship. It will be the first time that she will speak to him in years. She comes to see that her home is totally different to how she left it because it was destroyed by the floods, six months prior to her arrival. Her father is a tormented version of who he was in the past. As she discovers all the things that have happened while she has been gone she will have to deal with all the problems that they have to fave at the farm and she will have to discover the truth to why her brother killed himself.
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The essentials
- Runtime
- 83 min1 hour and 23 minutes
- Budget
- £1m
- Rating
- 15Suitable only for 15 years and over
- How long is The Levelling?
- 1 hour and 23 minutes (83 minutes).
- When was The Levelling released in the UK?
- It was released in the UK on 11 May 2017.
- Who directed The Levelling?
- Hope Dickson Leach.
- Who is in The Levelling?
- It stars Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton and John Bell.
- Where can I watch The Levelling?
- In the UK you can watch it on rent on Apple TV and Prime Video.
Cast
Full cast (5)- Director
- Hope Dickson Leach
- Writers
- Hope Dickson Leach
Videos and trailers
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All 12 photosReviews
All 3 reviewsWhat the critics say average 8.0 from 3 outlets
- 8.0 Screen DailyAllan Hunter
The sensitivity of the performances, the attention to detail and economical storytelling all help to mark out Hope Dickson Leach as a talent to watch
Read - 8.0 VarietyJessica Kiang
Dickson Leach, with a remarkably sure hand for a debutante, gives us a piquant critique of the British cultural tendency toward undemonstrativeness.
Read - 8.0 Los Angeles TimesSheri Linden
Telling her story with inventive economy, the writer-director makes the most of the limited locations.
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Soundtrack
All 2 songs- 13 Angels Standing Guard 'Round The Side of Your BedThee Silver Mt Zion, Published Rough Trade Records
- For WandaThee Silver Mt Zion, Published Rough Trade Records
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