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Andrina (film)

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Andrina
Based on"Andrina"
short story
by George MacKay Brown
Screenplay byBill Forsyth
Directed byBill Forsyth
Starring
Country of originScotland
Production
ProducerRoderick Graham
Production locationOrkney
Running time50 minutes
Production companyBBC Scotland
Original release
NetworkBBC1
Release30 November 1981 (1981-11-30)

Andrina is a 1981 television play based on a short story by George MacKay Brown, adapted and directed by Bill Forsyth for BBC Scotland.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

Plot

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A retired sea captain living alone in a remote cottage in Orkney is befriended by a young girl, Andrina, who asks him for a love story from his past. He repeatedly refuses to tell her, until he eventually succumbs, when the consequences are not as he expected.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ BBC – Radio Times – Andrina
  2. ^ British Film Institute – Andrina
  3. ^ Library of Congress – Andrina
  4. ^ British Library – Andrina/Brown
  5. ^ Review — Sunday Times Magazine, 29 November 1981, pp. 9–10.
  6. ^ Review — Benny Green, Punch, 9 December 1981, p. 1069.
  7. ^ Review — Alan Bold, "Trust the Teller, Not the Telly", Times Literary Supplement, 11 December 1981, p. 1442.
  8. ^ Review — Tom Milne, Sight and Sound 51, no. 1 (Winter, 1981): 16.
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Andrina at IMDb