PREVIEW: Second Spring (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Cathy Naden (film debut), Matthew Jure (God’s Acre), Indra Ové (Fallen Dreams), Simeon Willis (The Gatehouse), Jerry Killick (Monkey Sandwich), Sakuntala Ramanee (Guru in Seven), Andrew Jarvis (Dragons of Camelot), Adrian Annis (Run Away with Me), Chloe Hannaford (film debut), Elizabeth Pick (film debut), John Vickers (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Andy Kelleher (Alan Clarke: Out of His Own Light), director, producer, editor; Martin Herron (School for Seduction), writer; Amiram Bukowski (film debut), producer; Peter Zummo (Tramas), composer; Jonas Mortensen (Let Us Be Golden), cinematographer; Ariadna Fatjó-Vilas (Promise and Unrest), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

After a series of puzzling episodes, Kathy Deane (Naden) is diagnosed with a devastating brain disease which causes irrational behaviour and affects her capacity for empathy. Despite being aware of the conditions she suffers from, she leaves her husband Tim (Jure) for the company of a man she barely knows…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

This is a quiet, moody indie piece about the long-term effects of mental illness, captured elegantly on both 35mm and 16mm film.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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