Waiting for You (film)

Waiting for You is a 2017 British mystery drama film directed by Charles Garrad, and co-written by Garrad and Hugh Stoddart and Charles Garrad. It stars Colin Morgan and Fanny Ardant with Audrey Bastien and Abdelkrim Bahloul featured in supporting roles.^[1][2]

Waiting for You
Directed by	Charles Garrad
Written by	Hugh Stoddart and Charles Garrad
Produced by	Simon Bosanquet Chris Curling Benjamin Greenacre
Starring	Colin Morgan Fanny Ardant
Cinematography	David Raedeker
Production company	Zephyr Films
Countries	France United Kingdom
Languages	English French

Plot summary

The film follows the protagonist Paul Ashton, who, after his father's death, discovers a mysterious French postcard among his father's possessions, and "compelled by grief and curiosity" drives to the south of France to investigate his father's increasingly disturbing military past. There "he meets an eccentric older woman and unearths truths about the father he never really knew"^[3] and becomes suspicious of this reclusive, melancholic and probably dangerous woman, the pianist Madeleine Brown. He pretends to be an architecture student interested in Madeleine Brown's isolated country house, in order to look for clues about his father's past. In the process he meets and becomes friends with a young local woman Sylvie.

Cast

Main cast

• Colin Morgan^[1] as Paul Ashton

A young man who goes to France to look for something he thinks is owed to his dead father.

• Fanny Ardant^[1] as Madeleine Brown

A mysterious, melancholic and probably dangerous older woman who is suspicious of Paul Ashton.

Supporting cast

• Audrey Bastien^[2] as Sylvie

The lively daughter of a bar owner, she directs Paul Ashton to "Madame Brown's".

• Abdelkrim Bahloul^[2] as Ahmed

The Algerian retainer, who is doing his best to maintain Madeleine Brown's house.

Minor cast

• Clare Holman^[2] as Janet
• Norah Lehembre^[2] as Celine
• Bellamine Abdelmalek^[2] as Hassan
• Fergus Craig^[2] as Dave
• Vincent Jouan^[2] as Antoine
• Sam Cox^[2] as Len
• Jacky Nercessian^[2] as Archivist
• Daniel Poyser^[2] as Tony
• Fred Pearson^[2] as Fred
• Pamela Betsy Cooper^[2] as Mouner
• Rachel Gill^[2] as Funeral Attender
• Sona Vyas^[2] as Nurse
• Atlantik Bikliqi as Funeral Attender
• John Neville^[2] Family Member

Production

Development

Artist and Production designer Charles Garrad makes his feature directorial debut on the project, which he describes as "a lyrical mystery." The film, written by Hugh Stoddart and Charles Garrad, was designed by Ben Smith and shot by cinematographer David Raedeker.^[1][4]

Casting

On 1 June 2015, Colin Morgan and Fanny Ardant were announced to join the cast.^[1]

Filming

It was announced that Waiting for You started principal photography in France on 1 June 2015. The film, funded by private equity, did a shoot for five weeks on location in the Languedoc-Roussillon region of southern France until June 20. Production then moved to Ilford in the UK for a week.^[1] Filming ended on 25 June 2015.^[5] According to the final credits, locations included Saint-Julien-de-la-Nef, Sumène, Ganges, Brissac and the Château d'Isis. The soundtrack is by Adrian Corker, and also uses a song by Georgie Fame 'Sitting in the Park'.