Shadows in the Sun (2009 film)

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.[1]

Shadows in the Sun
Directed byDavid Rocksavage
Produced byNick O'Hagan
Written byDavid Rocksavage
Screenplay byMargaret Glover
David Rocksavage
StarringJean Simmons
James Wilby
Ophelia Lovibond
Jamie Dornan
Music byRichard Chester
Release date
  • 5 June 2009 (2009-06-05)
Running time
81 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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).[2] 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.[3]

Production

Set in the coastal region of north Norfolk the film saw the return of Jean Simmons to the screen after a decade away.[4][5] It was her last film. The film is set in the 1960s and made use of locations at Walsingham, Holkham and Brancaster.[6]

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.

References
  1. The Guardian, July 7, 2009 guardian review
  2. www.t75.org. "IndieLondon: Shadows In The Sun director welcomes Jean Simmons comeback - Your London Reviews". www.indielondon.co.uk.
  3. Artificial eye.com ART484DVD Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. The Guardian July 2008 the return of jean simmons
  5. Film, Into. "Into Film Clubs - Into Film". www.filmclub.org.
  6. "literarynorfolk.co.uk".


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