And Then Come the Nightjars15

Directed by Paul Robinson | UK | 2023 | 1h 21m | Starring David Fielder, Nigel Hastings

Adapted for the screen from Bea Roberts’ multi-award-winning stage play, this moving drama tells the story of an unlikely friendship between a Devon farmer and the vet who is assigned to cull his precious herd. Nigel Hastings and David Fielder reprise their hugely successful on-stage roles, with the play’s director Paul Robinson making his feature film debut.

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We showed And Then Come the Nightjars between September 22, 2023 and September 28, 2023.

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