24 Jan 2024
The Watergaw
Iain Syme returns to his family’s farmland in the Scottish Borders and attempts to sell it off to a mysterious local landowner. However, his brother Cammy, a hermit who still lives on the land, has different ideas...
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Amira Casar Malvina van Stille
Gottfried John Dr. Emmanuel Droz
Assumpta Serna Assumpta
César Saratxu Adolfo Blin / Don Felisberto Fernandez
Ljubisa Gruicic Holz (gardener)
Marc Bischoff Marc (gardener)
Henning Peker Henning (gardener)
Gilles Gavois Echeverria (gardener)
Thomas Schmieder Thomas (gardener)
Regine Zimmermann Dresser
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