Aberdeen came to life at the weekend as an acclaimed director and the stars of an adaptation of a beloved local novel brought it back to its homeland.
British filmmaker Terence Davies travelled to the Belmont Filmhouse in Aberdeen with stars Agyness Deyn and Kevin Guthrie for a special screening of Sunset Song.
The film is an adaptation of Arbuthnott man, Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s, novel of the same name – set in the Mearns before, during and after World War I.
Not only is the film set in the local area – primarily the Mearns – but it was also filmed here in 2014 with locations including Fettercairn village and the Glenmuick, Glen Tanar, Invercauld and Ballogie estates.
The tale of Chris Guthrie – played by Deyn – in Sunset Song is one that has spoken to him since his early days as a clerk working in the city in the 1970s.
Mr Davies himself is regarded as one of Britain’s greatest directors with about 40 years of work in his back catalogue and the story took 18 of them to bring to the screen.
He said: “When I was growing up, a lot of the main autobiographical features were all about women. I was brought up on that.
“The fact that here was this 14-year-old girl who at 21 has gone through an extraordinary journey – I responded to it because of that, not only because it is a great story.
“It is about the nature of forgiveness, it is about humanity and we are the only species that can forgive and love. That is what makes us incredible.”
Check out our review of the film here