Screening Date & Time
Saturday, May 3, 2025 • 2:00pm
Screening Venue
Palatine Public Library
700 N North Court
Palatine, IL 60067
Category
Feature Narrative
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Runtime
154 minutes
Genres
Drama, Romance, Literature
Language
English
Competition
Beyond
Synopsis
World renowned anthropologist Curtis is consumed by grief over his young daughters’ deaths. He finds solace in immersing himself in preparations for his upcoming expedition to Asia, where he aims to unravel the mystery of “The First Man.” However, he must confront an undercurrent of family conflict as he battles against his relatives’ unsettling suspicions that his wife Martha is carrying his best friend Bigelow’s child.
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Production Credits
Director
Hardeep Giani
Writer
Eugene O’Neill, Hardeep Giani
Producer
Hardeep Giani, Matthew Pitts-Tucker
Cinematographer
David Symmons
Production Design
Arif Mahmood
Editor
Tracy Joss, Michael Steel
Sound
Dom Purdie
Music
Nick Norton-Smith
Key Cast
Vincent Andriano, Charlotte Asprey, Alan Turkington, Rebecca Lee, Josie Kidd, Charlie Roe, Kate Copeland, Richard Emerson Gould, Martin Laer, Alex Francis, Nesba Crenshaw, Cat Mckeever
