Autumn

Moving story of connections across time and experience.

Set in the summer of 2016, when the Brexit referendum had made the division between people starker, this adaptation of Ali Smith’s Booker Prize shortlisted state-of-the-nation novel is a story of connections across time and experience. Told through the eyes of two unlikely friends – a woman in her 30s and a 101-year-old man – Autumn is a playful and poignant exploration of the stories and experiences that shape us in youth and how these echo down the years.

Amidst fresh cuts at her university, low-paid art historian Elisabeth has returned to her childhood home – where fences are going up, libraries are closing, and half of the village isn’t speaking to the other half. Meanwhile, her elderly former next-door neighbour and childhood best friend Daniel won’t wake up, and instead dreams – of his long-lost little sister, of Christine Keeler, of art, poetry and music. Moving between 2016 and across the twentieth century, in conversation with other artists such as Dickens, Keats, Shakespeare, and British female pop-artist Pauline Boty, Autumn finds resilience in the most unlikely of love stories.