Rose (2012 film)

Rose
festival poster
Directed byKemal Yildirim
Written byJack James
Stephen Loveless
Kemal Yildirim
StarringHelen Clifford, Mike Mitchell, Patrick Regis
CinematographyJason Impey
Edited byJack James, Kemal Yildirim
Music byThe Courtesans
Production
company
Rose the Film
Distributed byShami Media
Release dates
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Rose is a 2012 British thriller film directed by Kemal Yildirim.[1] The film premiered on 15 May 2012 at the London Independent Film Festival and was released on DVD on 20 May 2014 in the United States with other territories to follow.[2]

The film stars Helen Clifford as Rose, a drug addict and prostitute trying to raise her daughter Ellie,[3] and is based upon Yildirim's 2008 short film by the same name, which screened at Cannes,[4] and resulted in his being encouraged to expand the short into a feature film.[5]

  1. ^
    • "Actress: Film pulled at my heart strings". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
    • "Fethiye's 'rising star' ascends to new heights". Land of Lights. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
    • "Producer talks". Reel British Film. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Official Selection 2012". LIFF. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  3. ^ Le Marie, Nicole. "Northampton is backdrop to film about woman's battle to quit prostitution". Northampton Chronicle. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  4. ^ "Northampton film's Cannes screening". Northampton Herald and Post. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Northampton film-maker has his sights set on Hollywood!". BBC Northamton. BBC. 6 August 2008. Retrieved 3 June 2014.