A British coming-of-age story with a British-inspired sound: chamber strings with flute, harp, piano, electric guitars and percussion, recorded in Budapest.
Director
Eliza Schroeder
Cinemas
Number one at the New Zealand box office for two weeks as cinemas reopened
Production
Miraj Films (UK)
Cast
Celia Imrie, Bill Paterson, Rupert Penry-Jones, Shelley Conn
Synopsis
Directed by Eliza Schroeder and released in the United States by Samuel Goldwyn Films, the film follows a young woman who wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.
Interview
“We knew early on that we wanted to work with a string ensemble as a unifying musical body, and we recorded the ensemble and several soloists in Budapest. For the magic of baking I added drums, an electric guitar and a celeste. For Sarah’s theme a low, bell-like custom-built percussion instrument; for the feeling of loss, atmospheric synthesizer sounds melted with the chamber strings. Eliza gave me many emotional directions for the film but did not tell me how to achieve it with the music.”