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Synopsis
A young man exacts revenge for the seduction of his girlfriend with a brutal murder outside a rainswept village dancehall.
His victim is the brother of a local policeman and the latter’s dogged determination that ‘law and justice will have to be satisfied’ provokes an unrelenting manhunt through the nooks and crannies of the remote highlands of Scotland.
This is a film of distilled and elemental beauty, full of suspense, excruciating sadness and most importantly, hope.
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Reviews
In some respects, director Peter Barber Fleming uses the austere grandeur of the Highlands in an almost archetypal manner… the community here is at odds with itself and the poetic savagery of the rugged locale matches the grim cat and mouse struggle that ensues. Ultimately both novel and film are concerned with reaffirmation; the changing seasons provide comfirmation of a natural world’s inclination for rebirth and growth… Iain Glen is noteworthy, effectively capturing the emotional turmoil and survival instinct of a man driven to take a life and then forced to protect his own from the inevitable retribution. Andrew Keir as the snowy haired weather beaten sailor is equally impressive as the man who knows how to make a tricky moral stand.
The Listener, Allan Hunter
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Credits
- Andrew Keir
- Sandy Ross
- Michael Carter
- Nicol Menzies
- Iain Glen
- Allan Innes
- Nigel Stock
- The Rev Davidson
- Arabella Weir
- Liz Murison
- Yvonne Gilan
- Widow Macleay
- Emma D’Inverno
- Maria
- Jake Fox
- Young Allan
- Paul Kermack
- Danny
- John Malcolm
- Doctor
- Alison Key
- Nurse Simpson
- Jon Croft
- Police Inspector
- Alan Tall
- Joiner
- Clem Davies
- Italian
- Ewan Emery
- Young Sandy
- Terry Cade
- Robert Menzies
- Director
- Peter Barber Fleming
- Producer
- Norman McCandlish
- Writer (Book)
- Neil Gunn
- Writer (Screenplay)
- Stewart Conn
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