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The Library Suicides shoots in Wales

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- Adaptation of bestselling novel commences at National Library

The Library Suicides shoots in Wales
Director Euros Lyn

Feature debutant Euros Lyn has commenced principal photography on The Library Suicides, based on Fflur Dafydd's bestselling novel Y Llyfrgell, at the National Library of Wales. The cast includes Ryland Teifi (television’s 35 Diwrnod) Catrin Stewart (Frail), Dyfan Dwyfor (Pride [+see also:
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) and Sharon Morgan (Resistance). This is the third film to go into production from Ffilm Cymru Wales’ emerging talent scheme Cinematic, developed in partnership with the BFI Film Fund, BBC Films, Creative Skillset, Edicis, Soda Pictures and S4C. The film is the first under the scheme to be filmed in the Welsh language. Soda Pictures will distribute in the UK and Ireland, and S4C will broadcast the film.

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When famous author Elena Wdig (Morgan) commits suicide, her twin daughters, librarians Nan and Ana, (Stewart) are lost without her. Elena’s final words suggest that her biographer, Eben (Teifi) murdered her. The twins set off on a murderous quest to avenge their mother’s death at the National Library of Wales, but are disrupted by night porter Dan (Dwyfor).

Lyn says, “As a huge fan of the genre, I’m very excited to be making a thriller in Welsh and what better place to set it than the wonderfully atmospheric National Library in mysterious Aberystwyth? Wales now has a host of world-class writers, actors and crew I’m very excited to be working alongside so many of them on The Library Suicides.

Dafydd says, “I first envisaged this idea as a film, but ended up writing a book instead. Bringing these characters to the big screen feels like a dream come true.”

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