the small hand (ghost story)

The Small Hand (Ghost Story) (2019)

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• Adam the bookseller arrives at a large house where he has brought some rare edition for a client. It soon becomes clear that he and his client's wife (played by Louise Lombard) know each other, as they make very little effort to disguise their affection for one another, even though her husband is always hanging around in the background. What is never made clear is whether they are actually currently having an affair or if they are just old flames looking to rekindle their romance.
• They make no effort at all to tone down the flirting even when her husband is in the room, yet rather deludedly claim that he will never find out what's going on. I can't work out if this is just poor direction, because it simply doesn't ring true.
• When they visit the spooky house, supposedly empty, they seem completely unconcerned when a remote control car comes trundling across the floor. I mean, did they not think, "someone nearby must be controlling this"?
• Why exactly do Adam's mentally unstable brother and his pregnant wife move into the spooky house when they seemed to have a perfectly good house of their own?

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The Small Hand: A Ghost Story

An antique book dealer finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy.

Year:  2019

Director:  Justin Molotnikov

Producers:  Jane Steventon

Executive Producers:  Alan Clements, Susan Hill, Barbara Machin, Jeff Norton, Mark Thomas

Writer:  Susan Hill (original novel)

Principal Cast:  Douglas Henshall, Neve McIntosh, Adrian Rawlins, Cal MacAnich, Maryam Hamidi, Louise Lombard, Paul Barber

Screen Scotland Support:  £300,000 Broadcast Content Fund

Douglas Henshall  ( Shetland ,  Outlander ) stars as Adam Snow, an antique book dealer who finds himself haunted by the ghost of a young boy. As Adam investigates the strange occurrences, he suffers nightmares as he receives further, increasingly sinister, visits from the ghost, ultimately revealing a haunting secret from his own childhood.

The drama reunites Douglas Henshall with  Neve McIntosh  ( Cheat , Stan Lee’s  Lucky Man ,  Shetland ), who starred opposite Henshall in Channel 4’s  Psychos . McIntosh stars in the role of Denisa Parsons.  Louise Lombard  ( CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ) plays Adam’s secret lover Alice Merriman, and  Adrian Rawlins  ( Chernobyl ,  Shetland ) plays her husband and Adam’s client, Edward Merriman.

Cal MacAnich  ( The Victim ) plays Hugo Snow, Adam’s brother, who is wrestling with his own demons.  Maryam Hamidi  plays his wife, Benedicta. And  Paul Barber  ( Casualty ,  The Full Monty ) plays spiritual healer Thierry, who tries to excise the ghosts from Adam’s life.

Justin Molotnikov , whose credits include:  Doctor Who  for the BBC One; Stan Lee’s  Lucky Man  for Sky; and Merlin and Atlantis, both BBC One, directs from a script by BAFTA winner Barbara Machin, who is best known as the creator of  Waking The Dead  (BBC One).

Douglas Henshall said:  “I’m absolutely delighted to join the cast of  Ghost Story . Barbara Machin has written a brilliant script based on Susan Hill’s haunting, seminal novel. The combination of filming in my hometown of Glasgow and the strength of the material make this project a true highlight.”

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This is the first adaptation of a  Susan Hill  book since her iconic ghost story,  The Woman In Black , was adapted into a blockbuster feature film in 2012 starring Daniel Radcliffe. The stage adaption of that title continues to run in the West End.

Ghost Story  is a co-production from  Awesome Media & Entertainment  and  Two Rivers Media . The production received £300,000 through Screen Scotland's  Broadcast Content Fund .

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Visions of a ghostly child haunt a man as he renovates a Scottish mansion.

Genre: Horror, Mystery & thriller

Original Language: English

Director: Justin Molotnikov

Producer: Jane Steventon

Writer: Susan Hill

Release Date (Streaming): May 16, 2021

Runtime: 1h 55m

Production Co: Awesome Media & Entertainment, Two Rivers Media

Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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Douglas Henshall

Louise Lombard

Alice Merriman

Neve McIntosh

Adrian Rawlins

Edward Merriman

Cal MacAninch

Paul Barber

Brother Thierry

Maryam Hamidi

Benedicta Snow

Woody Norman

Justin Molotnikov

Screenwriter

Jane Steventon

Alan Clements

Executive Producer

Jeff Norton

Barbara Machin

Alan C. McLaughlin

Cinematographer

Tamsin Jeffrey

Film Editing

Emer O'Sullivan

Production Design

Christine Orr

Art Director

Carole Fraser

Costume Design

Matt Western

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Returning to Scotland for the first time in years stirs up uneasy memories for Adam Snow (Douglas Henshall, Shetland, Outlander ). He longs for the beautiful Alice (Louise Lombard, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ), wife of his client, and faces the realisation that he has barely been present for his fragile brother Hugo (Cal MacAnich, The Victim ), who is suffering a mental breakdown. While visiting Alice, Adam develops a fascination for a formerly majestic mansion nearby, Raven’s End. Seeing this as a chance to be closer to Alice, as well as to his brother, he decides to buy the house and finally put down roots.

While working on the renovation and secretly planning a new life with Alice, Adam is plagued by haunting dreams, visions and visits from a ghostly child. Fearing he may be suffering from the same fate as his brother, Adam is determined to untangle the truth and excise the spirit from his life. But his coming to Raven’s End has set in motion a chain of sinister events linked to his past and a painful secret to which Adam’s family holds the key.

An Awesome / Two Rivers Media production for Channel 5, the film is based on the novel The Small Hand: A Ghost Story by Susan Hill ( The Woman in Black ) and is written by Barbara Machin ( Waking The Dead ).

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