Venus Peter (1989)
A magical childhood in a Scottish fishing town. Adapted from Christopher Rush's "A Twelvemonth and a Day". Starring Ray McAnally, Sinead Cusack, David Hayman. Written by Christopher Rush and Ian Sellar. Directed by Ian Sellar.
Budget £1.13m. Production finance: Channel 4, British Screen, British Film Institute and Orkney Islands Council.
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 1989, distributed internationally, festival awards worldwide.
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"Totally unique, the kind of magic that very few movies nowadays even dare to go for."
The Guardian
"Very impressive...Ray McAnally is marvellous"
The Observer
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