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Separate We Come, Separate We Go
Cannes Promotional Poster
Directed byBonnie Wright
Written byBonnie Wright
Produced byRosalind Steven[1]
StarringDavid Thewlis
Emily Dunham
Shauna Macdonald
CinematographyArthur Loveday[2]
Edited byDaisy Moseley
Music byTom Recknell
Production
company
Bon Bon Lumiere
Release date
  • 21 May 2012 (2012-05-21) (Cannes)
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Running time
12 min
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£5,000[4]

Separate We Come, Separate We Go is a 2012 British coming-of-age drama short film written and directed by Bonnie Wright.[5][6] It is Wright's directorial debut. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner on 21 May 2012[3] and screened at the BAFTA Graduate on 11 June 2012.[7][8] It premiered in the United States at Gold Coast International Film Festival on 25 October 2013.[9][10]

Premise

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Thea, a ten-year-old girl, lives with her mother in a town in East Sussex. One day while trailing the coast alone, she meets a man and becomes friends with him, starting a journey during which she finds possibilities she didn't know existed.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Wright directed and wrote the screenplay for the film as a part of her graduation course at London College of Communication.[8] Wright produced the film by her own production company, Bon Bon Lumiere,[11] along with Rosalind Steven. Funding were also provided by a fish and chip shop located at Dungeness and Romney Marsh, where most of the filming took place, as London College of Communication rules state that films can be funded by voluntary donations only.[12]

Filming

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Filming took place at sparsely populated areas of Kent and East Sussex, including Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Lydd, Camber Sands, Rye Harbour, Winchelsea Beach and Dymchurch.[13]

Talking about the filming locations Wright said that "I wanted to make something personal and I’ve spent a lot of time in Dungeness, because my parents have a house just down the coast from there, so it has a strong connection to my family. Also, I was always a massive fan of Derek Jarman and he spent his last years there. I just love the strangeness of it, the bleakness. The more I’ve been there, the more I fall in love with it."[5] She also said that "Romney Marsh is an area where I spent a lot of time when I was a child. Growing up in a city such as London, it’s so confined sometimes that as a child there is no feeling of a horizon, there’s nothing beyond what you know. So for me I was so lucky to have that experience of spending a lot of time in open spaces such as Romney Marsh that I was able to gain that feeling of beyond. As a young child I was obsessed with horizons."[12]

Music

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The score for Separate We Come, Separate We Go was composed by Tom Recknell,[14] who composed the piece "The Birds".[15]

Reception

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The film received positive reception from critics after its premiere at Cannes Film Festival. A review in the magazine Total Film described the film as "a rather sweet, very personal story about a little girl who meets lovely David Thewlis and learns to stretch her limitations."[16] Nick de Semlyen of Empire praised Wright's direction, writing "it's an impressive first work from someone who clearly has ambition to burn."[17]

References

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  1. ^ "ROSALIND STEVEN, FILM PRODUCER, 'SEPARATE WE COME, SEPARATE WE GO', BONNIE WRIGHT DIRECTOR, UK". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ "ARTHUR LOVEDAY, CINEMATOGRAPHER, 'SEPARATE WE COME, SEPARATE WE GO', BONNIE WRIGHT DIRECTOR, LONDON". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  3. ^ a b "SEPARATE WE COME, SEPARATE WE GO: Cannes Catalogue". Archived from the original on 28 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  4. ^ "Harry Potter actress Bonnie Wright is back as director at Cannes". 28 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  5. ^ a b "Cannes: Bonnie Wright's Short Film Harry Potter star gets into directing". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Bonnie Wright talks directing and prostitution". Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  7. ^ "LCC BA (Hons) Film and Television 2012 films at BAFTA: Monday, 11 June 2012". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Bonnie Wright's BAFTA film screening marks beginning of professional projects with London College of Communication colleagues". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Separate We Come, Separate We Go". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  10. ^ "LONG ISLAND COMMUNITY NEWS RELEASES". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  11. ^ "Bonnie Wright starts up her production company, attends Cannes' BFI & LFF Reception". Archived from the original on 7 September 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  12. ^ a b "Cannes 2012: Harry Potter's Ginny Weasley directs budget film". Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  13. ^ "Bonnie Wright & David Thewlis 'Separate We Come, Separate We Go' First Set Photo!". 24 February 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  14. ^ "Tom Recknell - Composer and Songwriter". Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  15. ^ "Separate We Come Separate We Go - "The Birds"". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  16. ^ "Cannes 2012 Daily Blog: Day 11". Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
  17. ^ "Cannes: Bonnie Wright's Short Film - Harry Potter star gets into directing". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
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