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- BFI identifier402370
- Date1993 (Copyright)
1993-02-21 (Television) - Production countryUnited Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisWriter John Talbot and his wife inherit a remote country cottage in Snowdonia. But a condition of the inheritance is that the couple look after the cormorant which comes with the house. Soon they realise that the cormorant is more than a minor nuisance. It wreaks havoc with their lives. John finds himself increasingly drawn towards the cormorant and grows distant from his wife Mary. He becomes pre-occupied with thoughts about his childhood. The problems do not end with the death of the bird. (Synopsis)
- Work historyShown as part of 'Screen Two' series.
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- Credits
- CastRalph Fiennes (John Talbot)
Helen Schlesinger (Mary Talbot)
Thomas Williams (Tom Talbot)
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Title
The Cormorant (Original)
Category
Fiction- Collections
- ArticlesVariety 19 Jun 1995 - Credits, Review, SynopsisSight and Sound v3 n5 May 1993 - Credits, Review, SynopsisTelevision Today n5838 4 Mar 1993 - Reviewview all
- Screen Two
Series Work - 777248
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
- The Cormorant
Work - 402370 - 1993 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - TV - Fiction
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