The Sea
Author John Banville adapts his own Man Booker Prize-winning novel for the screen, following an older man who – after the death of his wife – revisits the sea that holds many tranquil memories from his childhood.
- Director:
- Stephen Brown (feature debut)
- Writer:
- John Banville
- Cast:
- Ciarán HindsSinéad CusackCharlotte RamplingRufus SewellNatascha McElhoneBonnie Wright
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksIf slow-moving, arty-farty films reflecting on the human condition have you hurling obscenities at the screen, look away now because The Sea is all that and more. Max (a masterfully subtle portrayal by Ciarán Hinds), is an art historian who, following the death of his wife (a superb and deeply moving Sinéad Cusack), returns to the Irish coastal resort where he spent his childhood. Adapted from his novel by John Banville, the spare screenplay is masterfully served by director Stephen Brown, who quietly shapes a flashback-filled tale of a man haunted by a tragic past.
Total Film
pressIt’s impossible to escape the sense that Banville’s work is best experienced on paper.
Little White Lies
pressThe individual vignettes like the individual characters are left floating in the nothingness of a total storytelling void.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThis story of a man who plunges into childhood memories in the aftermath of his wife’s death remains admirable but wingless.
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksIf slow-moving, arty-farty films reflecting on the human condition have you hurling obscenities at the screen, look away now because The Sea is all that and more. Max (a masterfully subtle portrayal by Ciarán Hinds), is an art historian who, following the death of his wife (a superb and deeply moving Sinéad Cusack), returns to the Irish coastal resort where he spent his childhood. Adapted from his novel by John Banville, the spare screenplay is masterfully served by director Stephen Brown, who quietly shapes a flashback-filled tale of a man haunted by a tragic past.
Total Film
pressIt’s impossible to escape the sense that Banville’s work is best experienced on paper.
Little White Lies
pressThe individual vignettes like the individual characters are left floating in the nothingness of a total storytelling void.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThis story of a man who plunges into childhood memories in the aftermath of his wife’s death remains admirable but wingless.
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