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EDEN LAKE

by James Watkins

synopsis

Nursery teacher Jenny and her boyfriend Steve, escape for a romantic weekend at an idyllic remote lake. However, the couple's peace is cut short when a gang of obnoxious kids provoke and steals the couple's belongings and vandalizes their car leaving them completely stranded. When Steve attempts to confront them he suffers a shocking and violent attack. Fleeing for help, Jenny is subject to a brutal and relentless game of cat-and-mouse as she desperately tries to evade her young pursuers and find her way out of the woods. Exhausted and distraught, she finally arrives back to the safety of the town, only to meet the parents.

international title: Eden Lake
original title: Eden Lake
country: United Kingdom
sales agent: Pathé International
year: 2008
genre: fiction
directed by: James Watkins
release date: UK 12/09/2008, FR 08/10/2008, SE 02/01/2009, BE 21/01/2009, PL 27/02/2009, PT 02/04/2009, NL 14/05/2009
screenplay: James Watkins
cast: Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender, Thomas Turgoose, Bronson Webb, Jack O'Connell
cinematography by: Christopher Ross
film editing: Jon Harris
art director: Simon Bowles
costumes designer: Keith Madden
music: David Julyan
producer: Christian Colson, Richard Holmes
production: Rollercoaster Films (USA)
distributor: StudioCanal, La Fabrique de Films (FR), Benelux Film Distributors (BE/NL), Lusomundo (PT)

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