Music Box Films shared the official trailer for The Road Dance, the Scottish period drama film set in a small Scottish village at the dawn of World War I – based on the book by John Mackay.

Hermione Corfield stars as Kirsty, a young woman who yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. When the village hosts a road dance for departing soldiers, an unspeakable incident changes her life forever.

Also starring in the film are Morven Christie, Mark Gatiss, Sean Gilder, Will Fletcher, Ali Fumiko Whitneys

Release Date

Directed by Richie Adams, The Road Dance, an official selection of Edinburgh International Film Festival, opens in theaters and on digital on October 13.

Synopsis

In a small, remote village in the Outer Scottish Hebrides, Kirsty (Hermione Corfield) yearns for adventure and another life across the ocean. Though she finds comfort in time spent with her mother and younger sister, she sees hope and a future with Murdo (Will Fletcher), an intelligent, curious poet. The two fall in love as World War I looms, and Murdo is soon conscripted to join the other men of the village to fight. As a gesture of farewell, the village hosts a road dance, a celebration attended by every resident, but this sense of community is soon shattered by an unspeakable incident that changes Kirsty’s life forever. Sensitively adapted from John MacKay’s 2002 novel, this sweeping tale of adversity and resilience captures the attitudes of the time while offering a moving melodrama for audiences of any time period.

Official Trailer

Watch the official trailer for The Road Dance.