Tylluan Wen (1996)

Directed by

Alun Ffred Jones

Genre

drama

Country

United Kingdom

Rated

12A

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman returns to her childhood village in North Wales. The story follows her as she reconnects with people and places from her past.

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What happens

Tylluan Wen is a Welsh language film / television drama produced in Wales in 1997 by Ffilmiau'r Nant and directed by Angharad Jones. It is set in Llan Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, as an adaptation of Angharad Jones' novel Y Dylluan Wen (The White Owl). The film was studied as part of the Welsh literature GCSE course until 2022/23. The village scenes were filmed in Talysarn, and scenes are set in Holyhead, Blaenau Ffestiniog, and on the Conwy Valley Railway. The Castell Blodeuwedd scene was filmed at Tomen y Mur Roman Fort, Trawsfynydd, near the coastal town of Porthmadog. The film was broadcast on the Welsh-language television channel S4C. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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