Arcadia
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A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more than a century of cinema. A hallucinated journey of immense beauty and brutality. A kaleidoscopic essay on how magic and madness have linked human beings to nature since the beginning of time.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2017-10-08
Runtime: 82 mins
Director: Paul Wright
Spoken language: English
Genres: Documentary
Original title: Arcadia
Production Companies: Hopscotch Films, BFI, Creative Scotland, BBC, BFI National Archive, Crossover Labs, Common Ground
Production Countries: United Kingdom
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