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BODY OF WATER

Original title BODY OF WATER

Directed by Lucy Brydon

UNITED KINGDOM - 2019 - English - TFA Indies

Themes :
Generalist - ALL, British Cinema & Culture, Drama, European Cinema & Culture, Family, First or Second Feature, LGBT, Women

Body of Water explores how women self-identify in a world that presents us with constantly conflicting perceptions of what it is to be female. It examines the destructive nature of eating disorders and body dysmorphia within a narrative film framework.

Stephanie, a woman in her mid-thirties, is trying to overcome chronic anorexia in order to re-establish her relationship with her daughter, Pearl. Pearl now lives with Stephanie's mother, Susan and her fiancee Annette. The burden of Stephanie's ... Read All

TECHNICAL

Time 92 min
Sh format 2D DCP 2K
Sound Other

CAST & CREW

Cast Sian Brooke, Fabienne Piolini-Castle, Amanda Burton, Kazia Pelka, Nick Blood
Directed by Lucy Brydon
Producer Jeannette Sutton, Dan Cleland
Sceenwriter Lucy Brydon
DOP Darran Bragg
Music Rory Attwell
Editing by Erline O'Donovan

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PRESS (4)

Screen Daily
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"Reframes the accepted narrative on eating disorders."
AnOther Magazine
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"A subtle, compassionate and complex drama"
In Their Own League
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"Simultaneously cathartic and melancholic."
Flip Screen
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"A frank and unflinching depiction"