Dark River (2017 film)

Dark River
British release poster
Directed byClio Barnard
Written byClio Barnard
Produced byTracy O'Riordan
Starring
CinematographyAdriano Goldman
Edited by
  • Luka Dunkley
  • Nick Fenton
Music byHarry Escott
Production
companies
Distributed byArrow Films
Release dates
  • 7 September 2017 (2017-09-07) (TIFF)
  • 23 February 2018 (2018-02-23) (UK)
Running time
89 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$159,890[1]

Dark River is a 2017 British drama film written and directed by Clio Barnard, and starring Ruth Wilson, Mark Stanley, and Sean Bean.[2][3][4] The film is loosely based on Rose Tremain's novel Trespass. Originally Barnard intended the film to be a straightforward adaptation of the novel, which was set in southern France and involved two sets of elderly siblings involved in a property dispute. Encouraged by the financiers to make the story her own, Barnard changed the location of the film to Yorkshire, and instead focused on a woman who returns to the home she fled 15 years earlier in order to claim the tenancy of her father's farm, who then becomes involved in a dispute with her brother.[5] It screened in the Platform section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival and was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 2018.[6]

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  2. ^ "Clio Barnard's Dark River starts shooting". 4 Press. Channel 4. 20 June 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  3. ^ "British Council Film: Dark River". British Council Film. British Council. 3 May 2017. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  4. ^ Jaafar, Ali (3 May 2016). "Clio Barnard's 'Dark River' Movie: Sean Bean & Mark Stanley In Talks To Join". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  5. ^ Utichi, Joe (16 September 2017). "Ruth Wilson And Clio Barnard On 'Dark River', Sheep Shearing And Difficult Memories – Toronto Studio". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 25 June 2018.
  6. ^ Kay, Jeremy (3 August 2017). "'The Death Of Stalin' to open Toronto Film Festival Platform programme". Screen Daily. Screen International. Retrieved 3 August 2017.