''Skeletons'' is a 2010 British film directed by Nick Whitfield, starring Ed Gaughan, Andrew Buckley, and

Jason Isaacs Jason Isaacs (born 6 June 1963) is an English actor. Isaac's film roles include Col. Tavington in '' The Patriot'' (2000), Michael D. Steele in '' Black Hawk Down'' (2001), Lucius Malfoy in the ''Harry Potter'' film series (2002–2011), Ca ...

. It was nominated for 'Outstanding Debut by a British Director' at the

64th British Academy Film Awards The 64th British Academy Film Awards, more commonly known as the BAFAs (or BAFTAs), were held on 13 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, honouring the best national and foreign films of 2010. The nominations were announced on 18 Janu ...

. ''Skeletons'' was the winner of the "Best new British feature film" award at the 2010

Edinburgh International Film Festival The Edinburgh International Film Festival (EIFF) is a film festival that runs for two weeks in June each year. Established in 1947, it is the world's oldest continually running film festival. EIFF presents both UK and international films (all ti ...

. The plot surrounds two psychic exorcists who travel Britain providing a service to their customers of revealing buried secrets.

Cast

* Ed Gaughan as Davis * Andrew Buckley as Bennett *

as The Colonel *

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as Jane *

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as Rebecca * Josef Whitfield as Jo-Jo * Keith Lancaster as The Father * Holly-Mai Leighton as Young Rebecca

Filming locations

Much of the film was shot around

Matlock Bath Matlock Bath is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. It lies in the Peak District, south of Matlock on the main A6 road, and approximately halfway between Buxton and Derby. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census wa ...

. Ed Gaughan's character lives in a boat in a field beside a power station. The power station is

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Uniper at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, England. Commissioned in 1968 by the Central Electricity Generating Board, the station has a capacity of 2,000&nb ...

and boats from the River Soar had become stranded in a flood.

Soundtrack

The track 'Polegnala e Pschenitza', from Le Mystere des Voix Bulgares features prominently in the soundtrack.

References

External links

* * 2010 films British drama films 2010s British films {{2010s-UK-film-stub