Set In 1968, Love & Savagery is a lyrical story of an...(more)
Set In 1968, Love & Savagery is a lyrical story of an impossible love. Geologist and poet Michael McCarthy travels from his native Newfoundland to the west coast of Ireland to study the intricate and stunning landscape of The Burren. But the most beautiful thing Michael encounters is Kathleen O'Connell. Although she is about to dedicate her life to the Church, Kathleen is inescapably drawn to Michael. In a community torn between its traditional roots and its aspirations for the future, the growing affection between the stranger and Kathleen is deeply unsettling.
Shot on location in County Clare, Ireland, and St. John's Newfoundland, the film stars Newfoundland native Allan Hawco and young Irish actress Sarah Greene as the lovers and features Martha Burns, Sean Panting, Macdara O'Fatharta and Nicholas Campbell. A co-production between Newfoundland and Quebec, Love & Savagery was written by Des Walsh and directed by multiple Gemini-Award-winner John N. Smith.
Smith most recently directed the highly acclaimed mini-series The Englishman's Boy with director of photography Pierre Letarte. Writer Des Walsh, Smith and Letarte first collaborated on the international award-winning drama series The Boys of St. Vincent (1992).
Ten years later they brought their talents to Random Passage. Co-produced by two of Love and Savagery's producers - Barbara Doran (Newfoundland) and Tristan Orpen Lynch (Ireland), Random Passage played to record audiences on CBC Television and won two Gemini Awards.
Love & Savagery is produced by Barbara Doran (Young Triffie) of Morag Loves Company and Lynne Wilson, Newfoundland, and Kevin Tierney (Bon Cop, Bad Cop) of Park Ex Pictures, Quebec, with Tristan Orpen Lynch (Proof) of Subotica Entertainment, Ireland, as Executive Producer, in association with Telefilm Canada, The Newfoundland and Labrador Film Development Corporation and the Irish Film Board.
Love & Savagery is distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media.(less)
