PREVIEW: The Road Dance (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Hermione Corfield (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies), Morven Christie (Lilting), Mark Gatiss (Christopher Robin), Will Fletcher (film debut), Ali Fumiko Whitney (film debut), Sean Gilder (The Fall), Tom Byrne (film debut), Scott Miller (Balance, Not Symmetry), Alison Peebles (Trouble Sleeping), Luke Nunn (Bloodline), Liam Brennan (Time Teens: The Beginning), Leigh Biagi (Neds), Forbes Masson (Gypsy Woman), Frances Grey (Crimetime), Caleb Johnston-Miller (The Dark Within), Ian Pirie (The Last Duel), Jimmy Yuill (Local Hero), David Brooks (Temptress), Felicity Keenan (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Richie Adams (Inventing Adam), director, writer; Maryilene Blondell (film debut), Jim Kreutzer (Tommy’s Honour) and Steve Shapiro (Superheroes), producers; Carlos José Alvarez (Of Mind and Music), composer; Petra Korner (My Soul to Take), cinematographer; Matt Mayer (The Redemption of the Fish), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

In the early 20th century, Kirsty Macleod (Corfield) lives an isolated life in a small, quiet village in the Scottish Highlands. She dreams of leaving the village behind with her lover Murdo (Fletcher) and making a new life in America, but when the Great War breaks out, Murdo is conscripted to join the British Army. However, the night before Murdo and other soldiers head to battle, tragedy strikes and changes Kirsty’s life forever…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Life in the Scottish Highlands takes more than a few unexpected turns in this soaring historical drama, which boasts a potentially star-making lead turn by Hermione Corfield.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 20TH MAY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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