THE GIRL WITH ALL THE GIFTS
synopsis
A group of children is detained in a military base because they have proved immune to a terrible disease which threatens to wipe out the humanity. Despite having the urge to consume human flesh, the children are still able to experience emotions, and they are the precious resource from which the biologist Caldwell hopes to develop a vaccine. One of the children, Melanie, is particularly intelligent and has struck up a rapport with their teacher, Miss Justiniau. When the base is attacked by zombies, the group is forced to set out on a terrible journey across the devastated UK. Melanie turns from a prisoner to an invaluable guide…
international title: | The Girl with All the Gifts |
original title: | The Girl with All the Gifts |
working title: | She Who Brings Gifts |
country: | United Kingdom |
sales agent: | Altitude Film Entertainment Sales |
year: | 2016 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Colm McCarthy |
film run: | 110' |
release date: | ES 20/01/2017, FR 28/06/2017 |
screenplay: | Mike Carey |
cast: | Gemma Arterton, Glenn Close, Paddy Considine, Anamaria Marinca, Anthony Welsh, Dominique Tipper, Fisayo Akinade, Sennia Nanua |
cinematography by: | Simon Dennis |
film editing: | Matthew Cannings |
art director: | Philip Barber |
costumes designer: | Liza Bracey |
music: | Cristobal Tapia de Veer |
producer: | Angus Lamont, Camille Gatin |
production: | Altitude Film Entertainment, Poison Chef |
backing: | BFI, Creative England |
distributor: | Vertigo Media, NonStop Entertainment, A Contracorriente Films |