ANCHOR AND HOPE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Oona Chaplin (The Devil’s Double), Natalie Tena (Mrs Henderson Presents), David Verdaguer (Three Days With The Family), Geraldine Chaplin (Doctor Zhivago), Charlotte Atkinson (Leopard), Lara Rossi (You (Us) Me), Trevor White (Godforsaken), Philip Arditti (The Danish Girl), Meghan Treadway (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Carlos Marques-Marcet (10,000 Km), director, writer, editor; Jules Nurrish (film debut), writer; Tono Folguera (Welcome To Your Family), Sergi Moreno (La Substància) and Sophie Venner (Buried Land), producers; Merche Blasco (film debut), composer; Dagmar Weaver-Madsen (Unexpected), cinematographer; Juliana Montañés (Caracremada), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Eva (O. Chaplin) and Kat (Tena) are a lesbian couple who live happily together on a canal boat. When Kat’s friend Roger (Verdaguer) comes to visit, the topic of parenthood comes up, and the couple eventually decide to try and conceive a child using Roger’s sperm…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Told with sincerity and love all throughout its body, Anchor and Hope is a story about love, parenthood, and artificial insemination that is bound to win over an audience.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 2018

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