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Alec and May
A Headline Pictures production for The Weinstein Company, BBC Films and Scottish Screen.
Screenplay by Kevin Hood.
Producers: Stewart Mackinnon and Mark Shivas.
Set in nineteenth century Boston, this is the love story of May, a 16 year old deaf girl, and her 28 year old teacher, Alec. May's father has hired Alec to work on an invention which, it turns out, will change the world. Alec's full name is Alexander Graham Bell. His invention is the telephone.
Filming is expected to start late 2007.