Carla's Song: Limited Edition

Summary

The first collaboration between director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty, Carla's Song premieres on Blu-ray with a limited edition run of 3,000 copies 26th April 2021 from Powerhouse Films.

Cast

Robert Carlyle, Oyanka Cabezas, Scott Glenn, Gary Lewis, Salvador Espinoza, Louise Goodall

Director

Ken Loach

Producer

Sally Hibbin

Distributor

Powerhouse Films

Run time

2 hours 4 minutes

Release date

26/04/2021

Hash Tag

#CarlasSong

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The first collaboration between director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty - a relationship which now extends to fifteen feature films and shorts, including My Name Is Joe and I, Daniel Blake - Carla's Song tells the story of George (Robert Carlyle, Trainspotting), a Glaswegian bus driver, and Carla (Oyanka Cabezas), a Nicaraguan refugee.

Set in 1987, the film follows the pair as they meet, fall in love, and travel to Nicaragua in search of Carla's former lover, a possible victim of the civil war.

Carla's Song premieres on Blu-ray with a limited edition run of 3,000 copies 26th April 2021 from Powerhouse Films.

Special Features

High Definition remaster
Original stereo audio
Audio commentary with director Ken Loach and screenwriter Paul Laverty (2005)
An Extraordinary Thing (2021, 18 mins): producer Sally Hibbin recalls the challenges of filming in Nicaragua
Two Worlds Collide (2021, 9 mins): editor Jonathan Morris discusses working on an ambitious, international scale
Tuning in to Nicaragua (2021, 10 mins): composer George Fenton details his approach to scoring the film
Background to the Art (2021, 14 mins): art director Fergus Clegg on recreating the late-eighties setting of Carla's Song
Sounds of Music (2021, 10 mins): sound recordist Ray Beckett discusses the technical aspects of Loach's documentary style of filmmaking
Keeping Up Appearances (2021, 10 mins): script supervisor Susanna Lenton relates the complexities of shooting the film in sequence
Ten deleted scenes (12 mins)
Original theatrical trailer
Image gallery: publicity and promotional material
New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing
Limited edition exclusive 36-page booklet with a new essay by Michael Pattison, Paul Laverty on Carla's Song, an account of screening the film in Nicaragua, Ken Loach on recutting the film, an overview of contemporary critical responses, and film credits
UK premiere on Blu-ray
Limited edition of 3,000 copies

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