Rent Gallivant (1997)
3.5 of 5 from 69 ratings
1h 39min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
To gallivant, is, according to its dictionary definition ‘to wander about, seeking pleasure or diversion’, and this is just what artist turned filmmaker Andrew Kotting set out to do on this zig-zagging 6,000 mile trip around Britain’s coastline. Part home movie, part road movie, Kotting’s riveting and eccentric film stars his 85-year-old grandmother Gladys - opinionated, bursting with anecdotes and contradictory reminiscences - and his seven-year-old daughter Eden. As the journey begins, the two are practically strangers, but by the end, ‘Little Eden’ and ‘Big Granny’ have struck up a warm bond, a relationship lent added poignancy by the fact that Eden has Joubert Syndrome, a condition that affects her speech and movement so she communicates through sign language. - Actors:
- Andrew Kötting, Eden Kotting, Gladys Kotting, Benji Ming
- Directors:
- Andrew Kötting
- Producers:
- Ben Woolford
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Documentary
- Collections:
- Top 10 British Seaside Movies, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 17/07/2023
- Run Time:
- 104 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Stereo
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 1.66:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 11 short films by Andrew Kotting (1984-2001, 119 mins): Klipperty Klopp, Hoi-Polloi, Acumen, H.B 1829 (his badblood), Diddykoy, Smart Alek, La Bas, Gallivant (The Pilot), Jaunt, Invalids and Me
- Three collaborations between Andrew and Eden Kotting (2018-2021, 33 mins): Dog Ate Dog, In Far Away Land and Diseased and Disorderly
- The Buzz of the Past (Andrew Kotting, 2022, 8 mins): short film commissioned by HOME in Manchester for their retrospective of filmmaker Derek Jarman
- A Gallivant round St Leonards-on-Sea with Andrew Kotting (John Rogers, 2021,31 mins): filmmaker and writer John Rogers travels to St Leonards-on-Sea in East Sussex to go for a seaside walk with Andrew Kotting
