A group of people in a mix of historical costume and everyday clothing gather on a village street. At the centre stands an older man with a white beard and glasses, dressed in an 18th-century-style grey coat, gold waistcoat, and a black tricorn hat adorned with red feathers. To his left, a young woman wears a red medieval-style dress and a decorative antler crown. To his right, a man is dressed in dark fur-trimmed armour with a red sash. Behind them, a crowd of onlookers includes people in both period costume and modern clothing. The setting appears to be a small Scottish town on an overcast day.

The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford

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About The Fall of Sir Douglas Weatherford

Peter Mullan gives a brilliant, bittersweet performance in Seán Dunn’s feature debut, a black comedy about ageing, identity and the grey area between history and fantasy.

Local historian and widower Kenneth (Mullan) works in Arberloch visitors’ centre as a tour guide, dressing up as the town’s most notable historical figure, Sir Douglas Weatherford, an 18th century philosopher and inventor who Kenneth proudly claims as his ancestor.

But when the village becomes the base of a big-budget fantasy TV show, ‘The White Stag of Emberfell’, the visitor centre is transformed into an Emberfell experience, and Weatherford becomes a triviality. With the show’s costumed fans descending on the town, Kenneth’s sanity crumbles as the traditions he holds dear are casually dismissed.
 

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MAC’s cinema programme has been generously supported by BFI Film Audience Network and Film Hub Midlands.

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