Completed - ENGLISH, FRENCH, SCOTTISH GAELIC - Drama - 105 minutes
Stranded in a remote Welsh village, a former war photographer's intense love affair with a younger man propels her into exorcising the ghosts of her past.
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Gareth JONES Writer(s) : Gareth JONES Cast : Jeanne BALIBAR, Gavin FOWLER, Tim DUTTON, Eiry THOMAS, Sue JONES-DAVIES, Naomi EVERSON Producer(s) : Fiona HOWE
DELIGHT is the second in a trilogy of feature films by Gareth Jones exploring the connections between human creativity and libido.On the run from a marriage in crisis, former war photographer Echo goes looking for her one-time lover and comrade-in-arms, who has retired to obscurity in deepest West Wales. Discovering he has taken his own life, she falls into a passionate love affair with his son, strewing chaos among the small community as she stirs up past betrayals.But raising ghosts is a dangerous game, and sexual abandon also triggers the unravelling of a trauma Echo has long buried for the sake of her children, which now threatens to tear their lives apart.Can eros bring a healing of trauma, or merely its repetition?What price delight?
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM Start of shooting : August 2012
Moscow IFF 2013 (Nominated, Best Feature Film)Cambridge Film Festival 2013 (Official Selection)