In her award-winning and critically acclaimed debut Passing (also backed by Film4), Writer-Director Rebecca Hall deftly navigated the complexities of identity and societal facade, in an immersive and emotionally resonant film. Four Days Like Sunday is produced by Joanna Laurie, with Iain Canning and Emile Sherman for See-Saw Films. Executive Producers are Simon Gillis for See-Saw, Ollie Madden and Farhana Bhula for Film4, and Victoria Belfrage.
Set in the mid 1990s, the film follows twelve-year-old Jane as she begins to rebel against her role as proxy-carer for her mother Sylvia (Hall), a recently divorced and ever so slightly fading Broadway diva. During a long weekend break between concert dates, Sylvia hosts Benton, Chris and Rahim, three male dancers from her current tour, at her anachronistically grand country house. She is also expecting the arrival of Dale, her handsome younger boyfriend. As Jane does her best to protect her mother from everything that threatens to disturb her delicate equilibrium, she moves quietly from childhood into something else-wiser, freer, and more alone.
Rebecca Hall said, “When I wrote this film it came from a place of understanding that I couldn’t really do anything else until I made this story. It’s highly personal to me and I hope will express my sensibility, exuberance and ambition as a filmmaker. It is a story filled with comedy, music, emotion, colour and the nuanced and complicated relationship between a mother and child. It speaks to the bubble of reality that every family creates and the people and events that help a child see beyond them. I can’t wait to take it out of my head and onto the screen.”
See-Saw Producers Iain Canning and Emile Sherman said, “We are honoured to be collaborating with Rebecca Hall on this rich and deeply moving story. We were completely mesmerised by Rebecca’s directorial debut Passing and we are delighted to now be involved in the next step of her filmmaking career and bring this beautiful story to the screen.”
Producer Joanna Laurie said, “Rebecca takes us into an iconic mother-daughter coming-of-age story that’s funny, poignant and hopeful – a producer’s dream. Four Days Like Sunday is a love letter to the camp and queer culture that gives our young heroine the safe space to triumphantly grow up and out into adulthood.”
Rebecca Hall is represented by Julian Belfrage Associates, WME and attorney Gretchen Rush. Cross City Films and WME Independent are co-repping the film.
ABOUT SEE-SAW FILMS:
See-Saw Films is an Academy Award®, Emmy and BAFTA-winning television and film production house, founded in 2008 by Emile Sherman and Iain Canning. The innovative production company is made up of an industry-leading team across offices in London and Sydney, with Helen Gregory as creative director, Simon Gillis as COO, and Liz Watts as head of television and film, Australia.
See-Saw Films projects have been nominated for 30 Academy Awards® and won 5, nominated for 53 BAFTAs and won 14, nominated for 28 Emmys and won 12 and nominated for 98 AACTAs and won 27.
See-Saw titles include Jane Campion’s Academy Award® winning The Power Of The Dog; BAFTA and Emmy-nominated Slow Horses for Apple TV+; BAFTA Award winning Lion; Emmy-winning Heartstopper for Netflix; and the Academy Award® Best Picture-winning The King’s Speech. Projects currently in production include TV series Sweetpea for Sky, Apple Cider Vinegar for Netflix, and further seasons of Slow Horses for Apple TV+ and Heartstopper For Netflix. See-Saw are also in partnership with Michael Ende Productions to develop and produce live action films adapted from Michael Ende’s novel The Neverending Story.
Alongside an in-house sales agency Cross City Films, See-Saw has two joint venture production companies, I Am That with creator/director Garth Davis (Lion), and Picking Scabs with writer/showrunner Samantha Strauss (The End); an in-house label fanboy run by Heartstopper executive producer Patrick Walters; and is an investor in Tom Winchester’s TV company, Pure Fiction, alongside talent agency Hamilton Hodell.
