Swallows and Amazons (2016)

Directed by

Philippa Lowthorpe

Genre

drama film, children's film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 36m

Rated

L

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 96 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four children spend a summer in the Lake District sailing and camping on an island. They have adventures pretending to be pirates and dealing with a local man they see as a rival.

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What happens

Swallows and Amazons is a 2016 British family adventure film directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and written by Andrea Gibb, based on Arthur Ransome's 1930 children's novel of the same name. The film stars Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Jessica Hynes, and Harry Enfield. Principal photography began on 21 June 2015 in the Lake District. The film, which was released on 19 August 2016, is the third audiovisual adaption of the novel; the first being a 6-part BBC TV series in 1963 and the second a 1974 film version. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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