Southcliffe

  • 190'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2013
A village is the dramatic focus of many new TV series. For example, Broadchurch, The Fall and Top of the Lake. Regarded as one of 2013's best, Southcliffe also revolves around a small rural community, wrapped up in greyness, rain and suspicion. When the emotionally unstable recluse Stephen Morton snaps and starts shooting his fellow villagers seemingly at random, a collective trauma is added to the general malaise.
Southcliffe tries to uncover how it could all go so wrong. More than this, however, this four-part series is a study in the process of mourning. The tangled - and eventually deadly - web of relations within the village unfolds through the eyes of journalist David Whitehead, who grew up there and has returned to report on the aftermath of the tragedy.
Top British acting talent, art direction dominated by shades of brown and grey and a constant sense of barely repressed unease make watching Southcliffe an almost claustrophobic experience.
  • 190'
  • United Kingdom
  • 2013
Director
Sean Durkin
Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
190'
Medium
HDcam
Language
English
Producers
Peter Carlton, Derrin Schlesinger
Production Company
Warp Films UK
Sales
BBC WorldWide
Screenplay
Tony Grisoni
Cinematography
Mátyás Erdély
Editor
Daniel Greenway, Victoria Boydell
Production Design
Tom Bowyer
Sound Design
Paul Davies
Cast
Rory Kinnear, Sean Harris
Director
Sean Durkin
Country of production
United Kingdom
Year
2013
Festival Edition
IFFR 2014
Length
190'
Medium
HDcam
Language
English
Producers
Peter Carlton, Derrin Schlesinger
Production Company
Warp Films UK
Sales
BBC WorldWide
Screenplay
Tony Grisoni
Cinematography
Mátyás Erdély
Editor
Daniel Greenway, Victoria Boydell
Production Design
Tom Bowyer
Sound Design
Paul Davies
Cast
Rory Kinnear, Sean Harris