Culture

Dare to be Wild

This new film is a call to action to bring wild nature back into that little space we ourselves control – our own gardens.

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The award-winning film DARE TO BE WILD, launched at the annual RHS Chelsea Flower Show, marks a call to action to bring wild nature back into that little space we ourselves control – our own gardens. The film follows Mary Reynolds’ adventures from the green hills of Ireland, to the desert highlands of Ethiopia, to London's Chelsea for the garden design competition of 2002**. DARE TO BE WILD** is the against-all-odds story of amodern-day heroine, whose quest is to show the world the power of wild nature as she reaches for her dreams - one garden, one vast desert, at a time. The heart of this true romantic adventure is Mary Reynolds’ quest to win the gold medal at the 2002 Chelsea Flower Show with her ‘wild’ Celtic Sanctuary garden design, and the filmmakers’ goal of preserving and re-generating naturalhabitats worldwide. DARE TO BE WILD will be released in UK and Irish cinemas from 26th August. The film has a stellar cast lead by Emma Greenwell (Love and Friendship, and Pride and Prejudice and Vampires_) as Mary Reynolds and Tom Hughes (_The Game, About Time, Cemetery Junction_) as Christy Collard. Also starringis Alex Macqueen _(Youth, Four Lions, I Give it a Year, The Hide), Janie Dee (Me and Orson Welles, Little White lies), Christine Marzano (Seven Psychopaths, Byzantium, Paranoia), Alaa Safi (A Prophet, Traitor, Chinese Zodiac,From Paris With Love) and Michael Hough (Grabbers, The Scarlet Worm, A Nightingale Falling). Director/Writer Vivienne de Courcy said: _“Dare to be Wild asks us to take a leap of faith to support the wild by inviting nature into our own back yards – let’s throw a lifeline to the wilderness.” _ DARE TO BE WILD will be in UK & Irish cinemas from 26th August