Review: 'The Son and the Sea' Finds Healing on the Scottish Coast

When we're feeling overwhelmed, there's nothing better than a trip out into nature. To breathe the fresh air, to appreciate the calm and quiet, to ponder life and our next steps forward. One new film from the UK this year presents a heartfelt cinematic version of this kind of special experience. The Son and the Sea marks the feature directorial debut of London-based filmmaker Stroma Cairns, following two wild & crazy young men as they travel up to the Northeast coast of Scotland. It's a flawed yet fascinating film, a solid feature debut from Cairns. She's got the right eye and does her best to capture this story through her lens – making unique choices that don't always work but nonetheless feel like the director's vision is clear and strong. She knows what she wants to do with this story & how to tell it her way, but sometimes she tries to do too much, packing in too many ideas with a smattering of characters. The film carefully "blends personal experience and threads of familial history to question how boys become men if there's no one to show them the way." // Continue Reading ›

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