Scenes from Monmouth can be spotted in a film being shown at the Savoy cinema next month.

The film, The Mire Archive features scenes from Church Street, St Thomas’s Square, the River Monnow and the Queen’s Head pub, as well as scenes from Llanwarne and Hereford.

It focuses on the last weeks of the life of an archaeology professor, whose world is thrown into turmoil when forced to exhibit the 2000-year-old bog body he excavated with his former student and lover.

Produced, directed and edited by Lynda Myer-Bennett and Clive Myer who have lived in and around Monmouth for over 30 years, the film is something of a family project. It was shot by Clive and their son George Myer - a former student of Monmouth Comprehenive school - who now works in London in film and TV special FX.

The rest of the family star in the film along with actors from across the UK. Daughters Dorothea Myer-Bennett - who attended Haberdashers’ School for Girls and currently in Tom Stoppard’s play Leopoldstadt in the West End - along with Lucy Bennett who lives in Monmouth, both act in the film. Lucy’s son, Barney Sturt Bennett from Monmouth Comprehensive and her daughter Teddy Bennett Downes from Osbaston School are also in the film, as are Caractacus Downes and Lyndon Owen, two of Monmouth’s improvisational jazz musicians.

Oscar Elias plays the young boy who finds the bog body and there are many more extras from Monmouth. Other main stars are John Mackay who’s been in Judy, The Honourable Woman and The Hollow Crown; Gemma Lawrence, who’s been in Luther and Silent Witness and Stefan Adegbola who’s been in Dr Who and productions by The Royal Shakespeare Company.

A private screening is taking place at the Savoy cinema for the cast and crew.

Co-producer and director Lynda Myer-Bennett said: "The Mire Archive is about the discovery of a preserved 2,000 year old ’bog body’ that acts as the catalyst for the unearthing of a series of hidden and deeply buried family secrets. It’s about the ensuing family fracture that is created following the excavation and public display of the body. Eventually, in film and in real life, all things buried will resurface."

Co-producer and director Clive Myer said: "The Mire Archive has been a labour of love for many years. There are not many arthouse filmmakers in the UK and we were thrilled to have Mogens Rukov, the founder and instigator of the Danish new wave film movement, as script consultant on the film. This is probably the most accessible feature drama that Lynda and I have worked on together, so we are hoping it will be as intriguing and pleasurable for viewers as it was for us to make!"