Tortoise in Love

Tortoise in Love
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGuy Browning
Written byGuy Browning
Produced bySteffan Aquarone
Starring
  • Tom Mitchelson
  • Alice Zawadzki
  • Tom Yates
  • Mike Kemp
  • Steven Elder
  • Anna Scott
  • Lesley Staples
  • Duncan Armitage
Music byGeoff Cottrell
Distributed byImmense Productions[3]
Release dates
  • 14 May 2011 (2011-05-14) (Cannes Film Festival)[1][2]
  • 13 July 2012 (2012-07-13) (United Kingdom)[3]
Running time
84 minutes[3]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish[3]
Budget£500,000 cash & services rendered[4]

Tortoise in Love is a 2012 British romantic comedy film. The story follows a microbiologist turned stately home gardener who enlists the help of his village in an attempt to woo a Polish au pair he has fallen in love with.[2] First shown at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the film received its world premiere at Odeon West End, Leicester Square, the first film to premiere at Leicester Square since its official re-opening.[5] The film made headlines as a result of having its funding entirely crowd sourced from the village of Kingston Bagpuize and the neighbouring village of Southmoor.[1][2][4]

  1. ^ a b "British comedy funded by village residents to show at Cannes". The Daily Telegraph. 13 May 2011. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Distributors queue up to see small film made by an English village". The Times. 13 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b c d "TORTOISE IN LOVE". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (12 May 2011). "How an English Village Bankrolled 'A Tortoise in Love' (Cannes)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Tortoise In Love: British comedy made by Oxfordshire villagers gets nationwide release". The Daily Telegraph. 24 May 2012. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.