The Son and the Sea

  • In Person
featuring

Jonah West, Stanley Brock, Connor Tompkins,

British writer/director Stroma Cairns makes a resonant feature debut with this coming-of-age drama focused on a young man trying to find his place in the world. The film is a family affair, as Cairns collaborated on the screenplay with her mother, Imogen West, and cast as the tempestuous protagonist her brother, Jonah West. In his first film role, he impresses as Jonah, who is determined to sort himself but unsure of what that means as he travels from London to Scotland’s Aberdeenshire, his mate Lee (Stanley Brock) in tow. The two make a new friend in deaf Charlie (Connor Tompkins), who is dealing with his own issues. Ruben Woodin Dechamps’s glorious cinematography captures the wild beauty of the Scottish coast as the roiling sea reflects Jonah’s emotional state as he grapples with the uncertainty in his life and what it means to be a man.

Pam Grady
FILM DETAILS 
Screenwriter
  • Stroma Cairns
  • Imogen West
Cinematographer
  • Ruben Woodin Dechamps
Print Info
  • Color
  • DCP
  • 102 mins
Source
  • SFFILM

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