Bitter Sweet (2002)
Hwerow Hweg
Newly released from prison, Jack searches in vengeance for the girl who put him there.
- Date of release
- 2002-01-01
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Romance, Drama
- Director
- Antal Kovacs
Casting
- Robert Williams — Jack
- Philip Jacobs — Magnus
- Soozie Tinn — Iris
- Helen Rule — Becky
- Johanna Graham — Sarah
- Laurens C. Postma — Paul
- Giles King — Frank, the tattoo man
- Dominic Knutton — Jimmy Fisher
- Bec Applebee — Becky Roberts (Wrong Becky)
- Tim Beattie — Sergeant Pascoe
- Lucy Fontaine — Jack's Mother
- Mike Sagar Fenton — Jack's Stepfather
Interesting facts
Hwerow Hweg is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Hungarian film-maker Antal Kovacs and filmed in the Cornish language.
Trivia
The Cornish premiere was 12 April 2003 at Pennseythun Gernewek, during a language weekend held at Pentewan Sands holiday park. The film was also made in English although this version has never been released or shown. Its English title is Bitter Sweet.
It is the first feature-length film made in Cornish, a Celtic language that is undergoing a revival in Cornwall.
Filmed partly on location at Gooninnis House in St Agnes with local photographer Colinge Bradbury & his muse Nicky Pope.
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