IFC Films is acquiring U.S.
rights to “Summerland-2004-movie-posters/”>Summerland,” a British drama starring Gemma Arterton and Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Variety has learned exclusively.The movie is the directorial feature debut from Jessica Swale, who won an Olivier Award for her play “Nell Gwynn,” in which Arterton and Mbatha-Raw both starred.
Swale was named as one of Variety’s Brits to Watch in 2019.IFC Films will release “Summerland” on July 31.
In the film, Arterton portrays a fiercely independent folklore investigator who secludes herself in her clifftop study to debunk myths using science to disprove the existence of magic.
Consumed by her work, but also profoundly lonely, she is haunted by a love affair from her past.
When Lucas Bond’s spirited evacuee from the London Blitz is dumped into her irritable care, his innocence and curiosity awaken her buried emotions.
“Summerland” also stars Penelope Wilton (“Downton Abbey”) and Tom Courtenay.“‘Summerland’ reinforces
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