The Picnic (1989)
A widowed teacher marries again, but her hopes of her daughter accepting a stepfather her own age, and her anticipation of a birthday picnic by the river are clouded by a series of murders in the district and by a fear rooted rather nearer home.
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Cast
Billie Whitelaw
as Margie
Billie Honor Whitelaw (6 June 1932 – 21 December 2014) was an English stage and screen actress. She worked in close collaborration with Irish playwright Samuel Beckett for 25 years and wass regarded a...
Iain Glen
as Ray
Iain Alan Sutherland Glen (born 24 June 1961) is a Scottish actor. Glen is best known for his roles as Dr. Alexander Isaacs/Tyrant in three films of the Resident Evil film series (2004–2016) and as Se...
Brenda Fricker
as Ray's Mother
Brenda Fricker (born February 17, 1945) is an Irish actress, whose career has spanned six decades on stage and screen. She has appeared in more than 30 films and television roles. In 1990, she became...
Sarah-Jane Holm
as Della
Sarah-Jane Holm is an actress, known for A Bit of a Do (1989), My Family and Other Animals (1987) and In the Beginning (2000).
Cassie Stuart
as Ruth
Jimmy Yuill
as Man at Dyke
Jimmy Yuill is an actor, born in 1959, in Golspie, Scotland. He is a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and later joined the Renaissance Theatre Company. He has appeared in many of Kenneth Branag...
Director
Paul Seed