PREVIEW: Rose: A Love Story (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Sophie Rundle (The Midnight Sky), Matt Stokoe (Hollow), Olive Gray (Sulphur and White), Nathan McMullen (Kelly + Victor), Boadicea Ricketts (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Jennifer Sheridan (film debut), director, editor; Matt Stokoe (film debut), writer, producer; Sara Huxley (film debut), April Kelley (Void), Sophie Rundle (film debut) and Robert Taylor (film debut), producers; Cato Hoeben (Exteriors), composer; Martyna Knitter (Pandorica), cinematographer; Andrew Harmer (film debut), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Rose (Rundle), crippled by a violent and terrifying illness, lives alone with her husband Sam (Stokoe) in the middle of an isolated forest. However, the arrival of a stranger named Amber (Gray) begins to shatter the idyllic existence that the two of them have build together…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

One-half romantic fable, and the other half a terrifying psychological thriller, Rose: A Love Story is a compelling vehicle for real-life couple Sophie Rundle (of Peaky Blinders) and co-star/writer Matt Stokoe.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

MONDAY 5TH APRIL 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

RENT/BUY ON DIGITAL PLATFORMS, INCLUDING AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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