Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle
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Director Simon Miller Screenplay Simon Miller Duration | 6.6/10 IMDb Genre Drama, Family Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date March 28, 2007 (2007-03-28) (Celtic Film Festival) Writer Joanne Cockwell, Iain Finlay MacLeod, Aonghas Macneacail, Simon Miller, Iseabail NicDhomhnaill Cast Aonghas Padruig Caimbeul (Seanair), Padruig Moireasdan (Aonhgas - aged 7), Crisdean Domhnallach (Donnchadh - aged 9), Winnie Brook Young (Mairi - aged 11), Dolina MacLennan (Grandmother), Coll Domhnallach (Aonghas - aged 20)Similar movies AfterLife (2003), Venus Peter (1989), One More Kiss (2000), Small Faces (1996), Ratcatcher (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seachd opening music and title seachd the inaccessible pinnacle
Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle is a 2007 Scottish Gaelic feature film by first-time director, Simon Miller from a story by Simon Miller and Joanne Cockwell. It stars Patrick Morrison/Pàdruig Moireasdan and the Gaelic writer and poet Angus Peter Campbell/Aonghas Pàdraig Chaimbeul.
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- Seachd opening music and title seachd the inaccessible pinnacle
- Seachd the inaccessible pinnacle teaser trailer
- Plot
- BAFTA controversy
- Cast
- References
Filming began in April 2006 around the Inaccessible Pinnacle at the top of Sgurr Dearg in the Cuillin mountains on the Isle of Skye in Scotland, and was completed in August 2006. The film screened at the Celtic Media Festival in March 2007, and made its world premiere at the 61st Edinburgh International Film Festival in August 2007.
The word seachd (Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ʃaxk]) in the title means "seven".
Seachd the inaccessible pinnacle teaser trailer
Plot
When a young man, Angus, visits his dying grandfather in hospital he cannot hold back his boyhood quest for the truth - the truth behind the death of his parents and the truth behind his grandfather's ancient, incredible, fearful stories. Stories from the whole swathe of Gàidhealtachd history of poisoned lovers, bloody revenge, water-horses and Spanish gold. His grandfather hijacks Angus' life, for one last time leading him to one of Scotland's most treacherous mountains, the Inaccessible Pinnacle on the Isle of Skye, and an ancient truth he never expected to find.
BAFTA controversy
In the autumn of 2007 as the film prepared for its UK premiere in the Highlands, controversy arose as BAFTA refused to put forward Seachd as a candidate for Best Foreign Language Film Category at the 2008 Academy Awards. The ensuing controversy led to widespread coverage in the national and international press and the film's producer Christopher Young resigning his membership of BAFTA.
Cast
References
Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle WikipediaSeachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle IMDb Seachd: The Inaccessible Pinnacle themoviedb.org