Jay Craven’s new seaside film drama “Peter and John” will screen at the Peterborough Community Theatre at 2:30 and 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 29.
Director Craven will introduce the film and lead a post-screening Q & A. Peterborough residents Kirsten and Ellie Peterson worked in the costume department for the film and will be attending the 6:30 p.m. screening.
“Peter and John” is based on the 19th-century novel “Pierre et Jean” by Guy de Maupassant. The film is set in 1872 Nantucket, during the island’s “ghost period,” after the decline of whaling, before the rise of tourism, and in the New England shadow of the Civil War.
The story follows two brothers whose relationship strains when the younger one receives news of an unexpected inheritance — and both brothers become attracted to the same young woman who arrives on their island.
“Peter and John” marks Craven’s eighth narrative film based in New England. It was recently nominated for a 2016 New England Emmy.
“Peter and John” stars 2014 Golden Globe winner Jacqueline Bisset, Christian Coulson, Shane Patrick Kearns, Diane Guerrero, and Gordon Clapp.
The film was shot on Nantucket and it was produced through the Movies From Marlboro (MfM) program, a biennial film intensive semester jointly produced by Marlboro (Vermont) College and Kingdom County Productions. For this ambitious production, 22 filmmaking professionals mentored and collaborated with 32 students from 12 colleges (Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, Boston College, University of Vermont, Lyndon State College, Dartmouth, Smith, Sarah Lawrence, Emerson, Antioch, London School of the Arts, and Marlboro).
Admission is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $8 for students.
For more information, visit www.pctmovies.com or www.KingdomCounty.org.