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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.

Reviews

"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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