Lost language of cranes Screenplay by Sean Mathias, directed by Nigel Finch.

Based on the novel by David Leavitt.

Not rated.

Special features include: BBC's Late Show-special program dedicated to The lost language of cranes featuring cast and crew interviews.

Philip, a London college student is falling in love with a headstrong American - a young man named Elliot. The relationship makes him determined to tell his reserved English parents, an academicain and a book editor, of his homosexuality. But his revelation exposes a foundation of hidden secrets and repressed passions that threatens to destroy the family - even as it promises to set each of its members free.