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RUNTIME
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83 minutes exactly β the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
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The Levelling
2017 1h 23m EN
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Drama
Synopsis
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Clover is finishing a veterinary course when her brother dies and she is called home to her family's struggling Somerset farm.
βSome stories are better left unspoiled.β
Cast
Ellie Kendrick
Clover Catto
David Troughton
Aubrey Catto
Jack Holden
James
Joe Blakemore
Harry Catto
Angela Curran
Helen
Joe Attewell
PC Hembry
Clare Burt
Rev. Trusler
Ben Frimstone
Animal Health Officer
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Hope Dickson Leach
- Writers
- Hope Dickson Leach
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United Kingdom
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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MONEY
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Shot for just $1.3M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
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ERA
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Released 9 years ago.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Hope Dickson Leach, shot by Nanu Segal. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Hutch Demouilpied. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Tom Hemmings shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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ERA
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Ellie Kendrick and David Troughton and Jack Holden carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt5158522 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Hope Dickson Leach directs. Nanu Segal behind the camera. Hutch Demouilpied scores. Tom Hemmings cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 183 minutes exactly β the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
- 2Shot for just $1.3M β micro-budget by Hollywood standards.
- 3Released 9 years ago.
- 4Directed by Hope Dickson Leach, shot by Nanu Segal. Note their partnership β DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Original score by Hutch Demouilpied. Worth a dedicated listen after β most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 6Editor Tom Hemmings shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 7Ellie Kendrick and David Troughton and Jack Holden carry the top of the cast.
- 8IMDB entry: tt5158522 β still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 9Only 61 TMDB ratings β you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 10Classified under 8 themes, including "parent child relationship", "flooding", "sorrow", "death".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Nanu Segal
- Original score
- Hutch Demouilpied
- Editing
- Tom Hemmings
- Production design
- Sarah Finlay
- Costume design
- Tess Loe
- Makeup / hair
- Bean Ellis
- Sound
- Ben Baird
- Runtime
- 83 min Β· 1h 23m
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $1,282,545
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- R
Also by
Hope Dickson Leach
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
Wellington Films
GB
Key crew
- ProducerRachel Robey
- EditorTom Hemmings
- CastingKharmel Cochrane
- Production DesignSarah Finlay
- Art DirectionCharlotte Ball
- Costume DesignTess Loe
- Property MasterDom Downing
- Script SupervisorFrancesca Brooks
- Digital IntermediateTom Balkwill
- Camera OperatorSarah Bartles-Smith
- Still PhotographerZoe Midford
- GafferFinnian Varney
- Foley EditorJoe McCall
- Sound EditorJamie McPhee
- Sound EditorAlexej Mungersdorff
- Sound Re-Recording MixerBen Baird
- Boom OperatorJoanna Andrews
- Boom OperatorMatt Jones
- Makeup DesignerBean Ellis
- Associate ProducerAlastair Clark
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- parent child relationship
- flooding
- sorrow
- death
- woman director
- loss of brother
- rural life
- somerset
Release history Β· US
When it landed
- Premiere2016-09-10RΒ· Toronto International Film Festival
Also known as
International titles
- εΉ³θ‘‘δΊΊηCN
