BEAST
by Michael Pearce
synopsis
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
| international title: | Beast |
| original title: | Beast |
| working title: | Animal Shadows |
| country: | United Kingdom |
| sales agent: | Protagonist Pictures |
| year: | 2017 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Michael Pearce |
| film run: | 107' |
| release date: | FR 18/04/2018, UK 27/04/2018, BE 20/06/2018, NL 21/06/2018, SE 13/07/2018, DK 26/07/2018, NO 24/08/2018, PL 24/08/2018, GR 18/10/2018, ES 8/02/2019, PT 4/04/2019 |
| screenplay: | Michael Pearce |
| cast: | Johnny Flynn, Geraldine James, Jessie Buckley, Charley Palmer Rothwell, Hattie Gotobed, Shannon Tarbet, Trystan Gravelle, Emily Taaffe, Tim Woodward, Olwen Fouere |
| cinematography by: | Benjamin Kracun |
| film editing: | Maya Maffioli |
| art director: | Laura Ellis Cricks, Thalia Ecclestone |
| costumes designer: | Jo Thompson |
| producer: | Kristian Brodie, Lauren Dark, Ivana Mackinnon |
| executive producer: | David Kosse, Sam Lavender, Myles Payne, David Staniland, Natascha Wharton |
| line producer: | Greg McManus |
| production: | Agile Films, Film4, Stray Bear Productions |
| backing: | British Film Institute (BFI) |
| distributor: | BAC Films, Altitude Film Entertainment Distribution, Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie België, Cherry Pickers Filmdistributie, Angel Films A/S, Strada Films, La Aventura, Alambique |