THE LEVELLING
Clover is finishing a veterinary course when her beloved brother dies and she is called home to her family’s struggling Somerset farm. Her mother died some time ago and it’s clear that Clover and her garrulous father Aubrey do not get on. Debut writer and director Hope Dickson Leach gives the talented duo a complex, finely crafted script to work with, offering a drama that works on many different levels. The story is framed against the devastating Somerset floods, with parallels drawn between the fractured family and their dying farm. (Tricia Tuttle, BFI London Film Festival)
HOPE DICKSON LEACH, born in 1976, studied at Columbia University where she made several critically acclaimed short films. Her award-winning thesis film, The Dawn Chorus, was selected for numerous reputable festivals. Screen International made Hope Dickson Leach a “Star of Tomorrow” and Filmmaker Magazine named her one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film”. Since her return to Great Britain, she has made further acclaimed short works. The Levelling is Hope Dickson Leach’s debut feature. // Films (selection): The Dawn Chorus (2006, short), The Levelling (2016)
Competition Fiction
2017
HOPE DICKSON LEACH
Great Britain 2016
DCP / color
83 minutes
eOF / english OV
- Screenplay
- Hope Dickson Leach
- Cinematography
- Nanu Segal
- Editing
- Tom Hemmings
- Sound
- John Hughes
- Music
- Hutch Demouilpied
- Cast
- Ellie Kendrick, David Troughton, Jack Holden
- Producers
- Rachel Robey (Wellington Films, GB), iFeatures (GB)
- Production
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Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Toronto International Film Festival 2016
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere