Rufus Stone (2012) film by Josh Appignanesi

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Based on social research into the older gay experience in rural south west England and Wales by the Bournemouth University School of Health and Social Care, the story dramatises the old and continued prejudices of village life from three main perspectives. Chiefly it is the story of Rufus, an ‘out’ older gay man who was exiled from the village as a youth and reluctantly returns from London to sell his dead parents’ cottage, where he is forced to confront the faces of his estranged past. Of these, Abigail is the tattle-tale who ‘outed’ Rufus 50 years ago when he spurned her interest. She has become a lonely deluded lush. Flip, the boy Rufus adored, has also stayed in the village: a life wasted in celibacy (occasionally interrupted by anonymous sexual encounters) and denial (who is) looking after his elderly mother. But Rufus too isn’t whole, saddled with an inability to return or forgive.

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RUFUS STONE is the key output of the three-year ‘Gay and Pleasant Land?’ research project led by Bournemouth University academic, Dr Kip Jones. This project about positioning, ageing and gay life in rural South West England and Wales was part of the UK-wide New Dynamics of Ageing Project, funded by Research Councils UK. Jones created composite characters and the story from the biographic data and then collaborated with Director, Josh Appignanesi, who poetically represented the story in film.

BREAKING NEWS! RUFUS STONE shortlisted for the AHRC Research in Film Anniversary Award!

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“This film is as good as most Oscar-nominated shorts, and vastly superior to many. In my opinion, it is just about as good as a short film gets.” –Patricia Leavy, The Qualitative Report

WINNER: Grand Prize ‘Alternative Spirit’ and Best GBLT Film, Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2012

Written for the screen and directed by Josh Appignanesi
Based on a story by Kip Jones
Director of Photography: Annika Summerson
Produced by Cecilia Frugiuele, Parkville Pictures
Executive Producer: Kip Jones

Funded by Research Councils UK and Bournemouth University

Starring: William Gaunt, Niall Buggy, Lin Blakley, Harry Kershaw, Tom Kane & Martha Myers-Lowe

Full Cast and Crew list and more information at: microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk/rufus-stone/

Contact Executive Producer: kipworld@gmail.com

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