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BEAST

• Director: Michael Pearce
• UK / 2017 / DCP / Colour / 97´ / English; Turkish s.t.

• Screenplay: Michael Pearce
• Director of Photography: Benjamin Kracun
• Editing: Maya Maffioli
• Cast: Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Trystan Gravelle, Geraldine James, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Olwen Fouere, Shannon Tarbet
• Producer: Kristian Brodie, Ivana MacKinnon, Lauren Dark
• Production Co.: Agile Films, Stray Bear Productions
• World Sales: Protagonist Pictures
• Turkish Rights: Fabula Films

In a small island community, a troubled young woman falls for a mysterious outsider who empowers her to escape her oppressive family. When he comes under suspicion for a series of brutal murders she defends him at all costs and learns what she is capable of. Michael Pearce’s debut feature whose tension rises accompanied by an oppressive atmosphere and fantastic rough island beauty, has premiered at Toronto Film Festival.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.