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Summary
It's winter in a small Scottish village near the sea, and multiple lives intersect in a day.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+7)
Critics 63Audiences 70GoodWatch 66
Tomatometer63%
Audience score74%
IMDb6.8
Letterboxd · 1 K ratings3.4/5
Running time
1 h 48 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109108Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 11 countries, rent or buy in 14 more
+1Released
1997
December 27, 1997
29 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
United States
Golden Globe Awards1997
- Golden Globes1997Nominated
and 5 moreDirecting · 5
- Alan Rickman Director, Writer
- Christopher Newman First Assistant Director
- Ben Howarth Assistant Director
- Pat Rambaut Script Supervisor
- Keith Young Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- Sharman Macdonald Writer
Production · 12
- Sharon Harel-Cohen Executive Producer
- Jane Barclay Executive Producer
- Edward R. Pressman Producer
- Steve Clark-Hall Producer
- Joyce Nettles Casting
- Brian Kaczynski Location Manager
Camera · 8
- Seamus McGarvey Director of Photography
- Baz Irvine Focus Puller
- Alastair Rae Steadicam Operator
- Julie Bills Camera Trainee
- Clive Coote Still Photographer
- Kristen McMahon Clapper Loader
Editing · 4
- Scott Thomas Editor
- Gary Scott Assistant Editor
- Martin Morrison Assistant Editor
- Lucy Chapman Assistant Editor
Sound · 9
- Michael Kamen Original Music Composer
- Colin Nicolson Sound Recordist, Sound
- Stephen Griffiths Sound Editor
- Jason Swanscott Foley Artist
- Kevin Brazier Sound Editor
- Tony Cook Boom Operator
Art · 10
- Robin Cameron Don Production Design
- Miguel Sapochnik Storyboard Artist
- Elli Griff Art Direction
- Will Hughes-Jones Art Department Assistant
- Gordon Fitzgerald Property Master
- Ben Scott Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 5
- Joan Bergin Costume Design
- Morag Ross Makeup Department Head
- Miri Ben-Schlomo Makeup Artist
- Gabriel O'Brien Wardrobe Supervisor
- Ruth Cummings Wardrobe Assistant
Visual Effects · 3
- Steve Rundell Visual Effects Supervisor
- Blondel Aidoo Visual Effects Producer
- Dave Crownshaw Special Effects Supervisor
Lighting · 4
- Lee Walters Gaffer
- Mark Ritchie Best Boy Electric
- Matthew Butler Electrician
- Garry Thomson Electrician
Other crew · 5
- Linda Gamble Unit Publicist
- Martina Gormley Chaperone
- Helen Sinclair Robertson Smith In Memory Of
- Arthur Morrison Transportation Captain
- Pete Beaver Studio Teacher
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