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The Parting Glass

Horizons 2018 / The Parting Glass / USA 2018

The tragic death of the youngest sister (Anna Paquin) brings together members of a complicated family. The broken husband (Rhys Ifans) joins the siblings (Melissa Leo, Cynthia Nixon and Denis O’Hare) and the aging father (Ed Asner) on a journey, at whose end lie not only the effects the complex woman left behind but also a moving portrait of her, assembled from painful and joyful memories.

The Parting Glass The Parting Glass

Synopsis

For several hundred years the Scots have sung a traditional song, “The Parting Glass”, at the end of a gathering of friends. Its text expresses sorrow that their time together has come to a close but also joy at the thought of these shared moments. And thus it is in Stephen Moyer’s feature film debut, which sees family members brought together by the tragic death of the youngest sister (Anna Paquin). The broken husband (Rhys Ifans) joins her siblings (Melissa Leo, Cynthia Nixon and Denis O’Hare) and aging father (Ed Asner) on a journey, at whose end lie not only the effects the complex woman left behind but also a moving portrait of her, assembled from painful and joyful memories.

Karel Och

About the film

96 min / Color, DCP

Director Stephen Moyer / Screenplay Denis O'Hare / Dir. of Photography Guy Godfree / Music Nathan Barr / Editor Todd Sandler / Art Director Mark Larkin / Producer Cerise Hallam Larkin, Anna Paquin / Production Casm Films / Cast Anna Paquin, Denis O'Hare, Cynthia Nixon, Melissa Leo, Ed Asner, Rhys Ifans / Sales Concourse Media / Contact Casm Films

About the director

Stephen Moyer

Stephen Moyer (b. 1969, Brentwood, Essex, United Kingdom). Filmography: The Parting Glass (2018)

Contacts

Concourse Media
4100 W. Alameda Ave, Suite 201, 91505, Burbank
United States of America
Phone: +1 310 404 7174
E-mail: [email protected]

Casm Films
169 Pier Ave. Unit 3, CA 90405, Santa Monica
United States of America
Phone: +1 310 404 7174
E-mail: [email protected]

Guests

Stephen Moyer

Cerise Larkin
Producer

Cerise Larsin
Producer

Denis O´Hare
Screenwriter

Anna Paquin
Actress

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