Synopsis: Albert is an eccentric, ageing painter who doubles as an unconventional, Jung-inspired psychotherapist. When his friend asks him to counsel her grandson Ben, whose boyfriend problems are fuelling an already deep depression, their subsequent therapy sessions reveal as much about Albert as they do about Ben.
Filmed on location in Glasgow, Seat In Shadow is the debut feature from writer/ director Henry Coombes. it received its world premiere at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2016, receiving a Michael Powell Award nomination. It also won Best Micro Feature Award at Berlin Independent Film Festival 2017 and played at BFI Flare. Supported by Creative Scotland, this is a witty study of social mores and sexual excess where the boundaries between doctor and patient, artist and muse become increasingly blurred.
Produced by award-winning La Belle Allée, who are responsible for Tinsel Town, BAFTA-winning One Life Stand and co-produced Nicholas Winding Refn’s Valhalla Rising, Seat In Shadowstars David Sillars, Marcella McIntosh and newcomer Jonathan ‘Jonty’ Leslie.
The movie will be released on DVD in the UK on September 25th.
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