The Darkest Light
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Simon Beaufoy
Stephen Dillane
Kerry Fox
Keri Arnold
Kavita Sungha
Jason Walton
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
One day, while roaming about the local Yorkshire moorlands, 10-year-old Catherine and her new Hindu classmate, Uma, experience a flash of blinding white light that the former interprets as a divine sign that her 8-year-old brother will recover from leukemia. As the news of their "vision" spreads among the farming community in which they live, a fevered mood grows, which is intensified by the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Catherine's family's livestock.
Cast
Stephen Dillane
Kerry Fox
Keri Arnold
Kavita Sungha
Jason Walton
Nisha Nayar
Nicholas Hope
Alvin Blossom
Kathryn Hunt
Isobel Raine
Emma Palmer
Romy Baskerville
Sophie Jewitt
Joanna Swain
Imran Ali
Emil Marwa
Paul Kynman
Rob Jarvis
Clive Mantle
Chris Brailsford
David Crellin
Stephen Escreet
Jaqueline Kington
Connie Walker
Martin Reeve
Sonia Slania
Nick Cooper
Paul Clarvis
Adrian Johnston
Melanie Pappenheim
Crew
Andrea Adams
Julie Ankerson
Matthew Baker
Simon Beaufoy
Mark Blaney
Martin Body
Wendy Brazington
Steve Breleney
Rona Brown
Andrea Calderwood
Jason Carlin
Sue Clark
Sangeeta Dale
Mark Danbury
Terry Davies
Ditch Doy
Simon Edwards
Ffion Elinor
Mary Farbrother
John Fewell
Evan Green-hughes
Stuart Hall
Paul Hamblin
Danny Hambrook
Graham Headicar
Aidan Hobbs
Toby Hoskins
Kent Houston
Adrian Johnston
Max Keene
Lisa Lake
Lisa Lake
Ewa J Lind
Christine Llewellyn Reeve
Alexis Lloyd
Christine Maclaren
Ruth Mccance
Danny Mcgrath
Barbara Mckissack
Colin Pons
Sophie Renshaw
Susi Roper
Janice Schumm
Kallis Shamaris
Carol Ann Smith
Tara Smith
Trevor Swanscott
Trevor Swanscott
Guy Tannahill
Guy Tannahill
Chris Townsend
Helen Walker
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Winner of Best Director award at the 2001 Newport International Film Festival.
Released in United States August 1999
Released in United States June 2001
Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Focus on British Cinema) August 15-29, 1999.
Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 5-10, 2001.
Project previously in development at BBC Scotland, under the supervision of Andrea Calderwood, currently head of production at Pathe Pictures.
Feature directorial debut for Simon Beaufoy.
Debut project for Arts Council of England lottery franchise Pathe Pictures.
Began shooting July 27, 1998.
Footprint Films is Simon Beaufoy's production company with partners Billie Eltrincham, Billie and Mark Blaney.
Completed shooting September 15, 1998.
United Artists International was formerly known as G2 Films.
Released in United States August 1999 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Focus on British Cinema) August 15-29, 1999.)
Released in United States June 2001 (Shown at Newport International Film Festival June 5-10, 2001.)
