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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kate Connolly in Berlin

‘Microcosm of Brexit Britain’: Norfolk documentary is surprise German hit

Polly and Sophie Duniam in Jens Meurer’s film Seaside Special.
Polly and Sophie Duniam in Jens Meurer’s film Seaside Special. Photograph: Instant Film & uMedia

A German film director’s whimsical and heartfelt portrait of Cromer has become an unexpected hit among audiences and critics in his home country, sparking an interest in the town on the north Norfolk coast.

Seaside Special follows the town as it prepares for its annual end-of-pier variety show – a burlesque mix of song and dance, standup comedy and slapstick performed twice a day for three months – in the summer of 2019, set against the tumultuous backdrop of clashing views within the community over Brexit.

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