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Original name: Arena: Stanley and his daughters
English name: Arena: Stanley and his daughters
Year: 2018
Run time: 75mins
Language: English
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: United Kingdom
Director: Francis Hanly
Producer: Francis Hanly
Cast: John Spencer, Shirin Spencer, Unity Spencer , Stanley Spencer
Cinematographer: Francis Hanly
Editor: Isobel Goodrich
Production Company: 1212 Productions
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Illuminations Films
Francis Hanly is a director and producer, known for 20th Century Greats (2004), Rock Family Trees (1995) and Jonathan Meades: Off-Kilter (2009).
The family saga of Stanley Spencer, one Britain’s greatest painters, and the effect it had on his two daughters. This film explores what is it like to be the children of a genius in a family whose private life has been described as ‘the most bizarre domestic soap opera in the history of British art’. At the heart of the film are Stanley Spencer’s daughters, Unity, 87 and Shirin, 91. Their separation, after Stanley’s divorce from fellow artist Hilda, was traumatic and, only now in old age, have the sisters come together.
