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Daphne

Scottish director Peter Mackie Burns offers this promising and stylish debut feature about a pleasure-seeking, self-destructive woman in her early thirties. Produced by the UK’s Tristan Goligher, it stars Brits Emily Beecham, Geraldine James, and Nathaniel Martello-White, as well as Ireland’s Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. Solely produced by London-based company, The Bureau.

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Thirty-one year-old Daphne (Emily Beecham) leads a hectic, chaotic and hedonistic party life, but deep down she’s not happy. After witnessing a stabbing during a failed robbery attempt, her life is turned upside down as she’s forced to confront the changes she needs to make.