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Blue Black Permanent

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An Edinburgh photographer (Celia Imrie) recalls her long-dead poet mother (Gerda Stevenson) who was drawn to the Orkney Islands.

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Audience Member I picked this up from Youtube. I'm not sure why it's dated 2012 on here when actually it was made in the early 90s. It's about as far from Hollywood as you can get. The acting and scripting are pretty wooden and contrived, although the lead actors are quite good. It's Scottish, and it's about the sea, and it portrays 20th Century life from an everyday perspective. There are also a lot of arty shots of the sea and the shoreline. The story, of not only the mother's death but the grandmother's too, has the flavour of a non-fictional meditation on one's relationship to the world and one's family. It's not a great film. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Margaret Tait

Director

Jack Shepherd

Philip Lomax

Celia Imrie

Barbara Thorburn

Gerda Stevenson

Greta Thorburn

James Fleet

Jim Thorburn

Sean Scanlan

Andrew Cunningham

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Synopsis An Edinburgh photographer (Celia Imrie) recalls her long-dead poet mother (Gerda Stevenson) who was drawn to the Orkney Islands.
Director
Margaret Tait
Producer
Barbara Grigor
Screenwriter
Margaret Tait
Production Co
British Film Institute
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 24m