The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025)
Director: James Griffiths Run Time: 100 min. Rating: PG-13 Release Year: 2025
Starring: Akemnji Ndifornyen, Carey Mulligan, Sian Clifford, Tim Key, Tom Basden
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
About the film:
World Premiere – 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Based on the short film The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island.
Eccentric lottery winner Charles lives alone on a remote island but dreams of hiring his favorite musician, Herb McGwyer, to play an exclusive, private gig. Unbeknownst to Herb, Charles has also hired Herb’s ex-bandmate and ex-girlfriend, Nell, with her new husband in tow, to perform the old favorites. As tempers flare and old tensions resurface, the stormy weather traps them all on the island and Charles desperately looks for a way to salvage his dream gig.
About the filmmaker:
James Griffiths is a British television and film director and producer. Griffiths served as a producer on A Million Little Things, Black-ish, and its Freeform spinoff, Grown-ish. He also directed and executive produced the ABC series, Stumptown.
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