From Scotland with Love

From Scotland with Love

2014 · 76 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary, Music

Made entirely of Scottish film archive, a journey into our collective past, the film explores universal themes of love, loss, resistance, migration, work and play. Ordinary people, some long since dead, their names and identities largely forgotten, appear shimmering from the depth of the vaults to take a starring role. Brilliantly edited together, these silent individuals become composite characters, who emerge to tell us their stories, given voice by King Creosote's poetic music and lyrics

Directed by Virginia Heath · Written by Virginia Heath

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