The Escape (2018)

Interesting facts

The Escape is a 2017 British drama film directed by Dominic Savage. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. The story follows Tara, a stay at home mother, who is beginning to fall out of love with her husband, Mark, and their kids.

Production

The film was shot on location in Kent, London and Paris. Savage wrote a general treatment of the story, but all the dialogue was improvised.

Scenes were filmed in and around the Gravesend area in Kent, including Northfleet Nursery which was used as Tara’s son’s day centre. Imperial Business Park also features, as Tara’s local place for shopping. Production also filmed in and around Dartford, as well as at a nearby kids’ playground in Swanscombe.

Other shots were filmed in London, notably around the River Thames, on Waterloo Bridge and along the Queen's Walk at the Southbank Book Market in particular. The flat in the first and last scenes is located at 35 Goodge Street. Filming also took place in Paris, notably at the Musée de Cluny (National Museum of the Middle Ages), at the Tuileries Garden and in the 10th arrondissement, between the Gare du Nord and Boulevard de Bonne-Nouvelle.

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