Separate We Come, Separate We Go

Separate We Come, Separate We Go

Cannes Promotional Poster
Directed by Bonnie Wright
Produced by Rosalind Steven[1]
Written by Bonnie Wright
Starring David Thewlis
Emily Dunham
Shauna Macdonald
Music by Tom Recknell
Cinematography Arthur Loveday[2]
Edited by Daisy Moseley
Production
company
Bon Bon Lumiere
Release dates
  • 21 May 2012 (2012-05-21) (Cannes)

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Running time
 12 min
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Budget £5,000[4]

Separate We Come, Separate We Go is a 2012 British coming-of-age drama short film written and directed by Bonnie Wright.[5][6] It is Wright's directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival short film corner on 21 May 2012[3] and screened at the BAFTA Graduate on 11 June 2012.[7][8] The film premiered in USA at Gold Coast International Film Festival on 25 October 2013.[9][10]

Plot

Thea, a ten-year-old girl, lives with her mother in a town in East Sussex. One day while trailing the coast alone, she meets a man and becomes friends with him, starting a journey during which she finds possibilities she didn't know existed.

Cast

Production

Development

Wright directed and wrote the screenplay for the film as a part of her graduation course at London College of Communication.[8] Wright produced the film by her own production company Bon Bon Lumiere[11] along with Rosalind Steven. Funding were also provided by a fish and chip shop located at Dungeness and Romney Marsh, where most of the filming took place as London College of Communication rules state that films can be funded by voluntary donations only.[12]

Filming

Filming took place at sparsely populated areas of Kent and East Sussex, including Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Lydd, Camber Sands, Rye Harbour, Winchelsea Beach and Dymchurch.[13]

Talking about the filming locations Wright said that "I wanted to make something personal and I’ve spent a lot of time in Dungeness, because my parents have a house just down the coast from there, so it has a strong connection to my family. Also, I was always a massive fan of Derek Jarman and he spent his last years there. I just love the strangeness of it, the bleakness. The more I’ve been there, the more I fall in love with it."[5] She also said that "Romney Marsh is an area where I spent a lot of time when I was a child. Growing up in a city such as London, it’s so confined sometimes that as a child there is no feeling of a horizon, there’s nothing beyond what you know. So for me I was so lucky to have that experience of spending a lot of time in open spaces such as Romney Marsh that I was able to gain that feeling of beyond. As a young child I was obsessed with horizons."[12]

Music

The score for Separate We Come, Separate We Go was composed by Tom Recknell,[14] who composed the original score titled The Birds for the film.[15]

Reception

The film received positive reception from critics after its premiere at Cannes Film Festival. Total Film in its review said that "it's a rather sweet, very personal story about a little girl who meets lovely David Thewis and learns to stretch her limitations."[16] Nick de Semlyen of Empire praised Wright's direction by saying that "it's an impressive first work from someone who clearly has ambition to burn."[17]

References

  1. ↑ "ROSALIND STEVEN, FILM PRODUCER, 'SEPARATE WE COME, SEPARATE WE GO', BONNIE WRIGHT DIRECTOR, UK". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ↑ "ARTHUR LOVEDAY, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 'SEPARATE WE COME, SEPARATE WE GO', BONNIE WRIGHT DIRECTOR, LONDON". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. 1 2 "SEPARATE WE COME, SEPARATE WE GO: Cannes Catalogue". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "Harry Potter actress Bonnie Wright is back as director at Cannes". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Cannes: Bonnie Wright's Short Film Harry Potter star gets into directing". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. ↑ "Bonnie Wright talks directing and prostitution". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "LCC BA (Hons) Film and Television 2012 films at BAFTA: Monday, 11 June 2012". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Bonnie Wright's BAFTA film screening marks beginning of professional projects with London College of Communication colleagues". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Separate We Come, Separate We Go". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  10. ↑ "LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  11. ↑ "Bonnie Wright starts up her production company, attends Cannes' BFI & LFF Reception". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  12. 1 2 "Cannes 2012: Harry Potter's Ginny Weasley directs budget film". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "Bonnie Wright & David Thewlis 'Separate We Come, Separate We Go' First Set Photo!". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Tom Recknell - Composer and Songwriter". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Separate We Come Separate We Go - "The Birds"". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  16. ↑ "Cannes 2012 Daily Blog: Day 11". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "Cannes: Bonnie Wright's Short Film - Harry Potter star gets into directing". Retrieved 11 October 2013.
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