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Synopsis: An ordinary British family and their friend are accused of murder when a stranger dies at their dinner table. Black Pond is an existential comedy drama starring two-time BAFTA winner Chris Langham and double British Comedy Award Winner Simon Amstell.
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
 
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Year:
2011
83 min
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But I think it was Katie

who spotted him, really.

She likes to look

after things.

Yes.

She used to bring back

the strangest boys.

Absolutely,

all lame ducks and--

What was that bloke who was

allergic to everything,

wasn't he--

He couldn't wear wool.

Oh, Toby.

90% of Christmas presents out

the window for a start,

but Katie's

not as bright as Jess.

We always thought she'd

probably grow up to be a nurse.

Because she's not bright ?

Well, and because she used to

play at being a nurse

quite a lot.

And Jess would always insist

on being the patient.

Yes.

She's the creative one,

if you like.

She's a very

good musician.

But she's very fragile.

Katie's very calm

in comparison.

No, not calm, but...

Jess, even when she was very

tiny, she used to cry

for no reason.

Just one minute she'd be happy

in the pram,

next minute she'd be crying,

so it was quite clear even then,

wasn't it ?

Well, that was

different, Tom.

That was just her

being a baby.

Was it ?

Oh.

You must be very proud.

( both )

Boy

Boy

Boy

Boy

( Blake )

Why did you

call him "Boy" ?

That was just because when I

first brought him home, I said,

"Here, boy," and he responded

straight away,

just came straight over.

Here, Boy,

here, Bo--

He's a bit deaf now but--

I did tell him it was weird.

I wanted to

call him Clare.

After John Clare,

you know.

The poet.

Ended up in an asylum.

Oh.

Oh, I'd love to read

some of his stuff.

He was a very beautiful man,

he was a genius,

but very lonely.

Well, there is something

of that in all of us.

Scornful and jealous

and frightened of everyone,

but still for some reason in

dire and desperate need of them,

of people.

We hate them

but we require them.

We love them,

but we wonder why

they do not always love us

back in equal measure.

We are mathematicians

of devotion.

Misers of love.

And we always know when

we have been shortchanged.

Always.

Ooh.

Very deep.

Yes, very deep indeed.

I always forget that Sophie was

a poet when I first met her.

Which implies I'm not now.

Oh, are you ?

No.

The truth is

I never was a poet,

it was just a distraction from

the fact that I wasn't anything.

It was just a disguise.

Actually, I tell you what.

I can go and fish them out

if you like.

Oh no, Tom, don't.

Only be a minute.

Please don't.

Tom !

You're embarrassing

me, Tom.

Where are you going ?

To put the kettle back on.

( faucet running )

( Sophie )

"I live here among the

ignorant like a lost man,

in fact like one whom the rest

seems careless of having

anything to do with,

and I find more pleasure in

walking in the fields

than in musing among

my silent neighbors,

who are insensible

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Tom Kingsley

Tom Kingsley (born 18 November 1985) is an English film director. He is best known for co-directing Black Pond, a 2011 feature film starring Chris Langham and Simon Amstell. He first made his name directing music videos and adverts. He was shortlisted for Best New Director at the 2010 Music Video Awards, and his work has been nominated for the 2012 BAFTAs, the 2011 British Independent Film Awards, the Guardian First Film Award, the Evening Standard Film Awards, and the Raindance Film Festival. more…

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