Overview:
A young man swims across the rivers and lakes of Britain to a soundtrack of assorted nationalistic music. As he passes people on the banksides including children, lovers and a tramp their thoughts and conversations are also heard. Ultimately, after walking through a wood at night, the boy returns to the water and appears to sink below the surface.| Status: | Released (2012-06-24) |
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| Awards: | Won 1 BAFTA Award1 win & 2 nominations total |
| Productions: | Warp Films, Film4 Productions, BBC Film, London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 4262936: Niall Burton - Child Swimmer
- 4262937: Curtis Coker - Child Swimmer
- 4262938: Tony Heirs - Child Swimmer
- 4262941: Charlie Likeman - Child Swimmer
- 1112388: Joshua Coleman - Boy
- 4262939: Samuel Harry Hockday - Boy
Crews
- 83287: Lynne Ramsay - Director - Directing
- 63595: Joe Oppenheimer - Executive Producer - Production
- 83287: Lynne Ramsay - Executive Producer - Production
- 1075511: Rory Stewart Kinnear - Executive Producer - Production
- 210705: Katherine Butler - Executive Producer - Production
- 15726: Christine Langan - Executive Producer - Production
- 3116707: Ruth Mackenzie - Executive Producer - Production
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Reviews
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Review text:
Quite near the end, there is a monochrome sequence as Tom Litten swims across a loch, or a lake, with the sun setting behind him whilst Vaughan Williams’s “…Thomas Tallis” is playing that is simply gorgeous to look at. Indeed, much of this is an attractive watch as this young man swi ....
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