Movie
Albatross
Overview
Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating consequences.
Details
- Release date
- 2011-10-14
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Isle of Man Film, CinemaNX
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jessica Brown Findlay as Emelia
- Harry Treadaway as Jake
- Josef Altin as Dave
- Felicity Jones as Beth Fischer
- Julia Ormond as Joa
- Justin Edwards as Policeman
- Sebastian Koch as Jonathan
- Peter Vaughan as Grandpa
- Hazel Douglas as Granny
- Thomas Brodie-Sangster as Mark
- Katie Overd as Posy
- David Cann as Grumpy Man
Crew
- Niall MacCormick - Director
- Tamzin Rafn - Screenplay
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