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La Casa di Dio

Synopsis

In 1943, 1,500 Italian POWs arrived at POW Camp 70, in West Wales. Inside one of their plasterboard cabins, they built The Church of the Sacred Heart, using unlikely materials, complete with a dome and a fresco of The Last Supper. This is the story behind this unlikely relic.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
52 mins 13secs
Format
DV, 35mm stills
Director
Owain Llyr 1st Feature
Producer
Owain Llyr
Editor
Owain Llyr
Screenwriter
Owain Llyr
Director of Photography
Owain Llyr
Sound
Owain Llyr
Composer
Daisy Wrightson
Motion Graphics
Bait

Genre

Welsh

Categories

Documentary

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

bwcibo cyf.

PO Box 82
Llandysul
Ceredigion
Cymru/ Wales SA44 9AG
UK

T +44 (0)7968 501 260

owain@bwcibo.com

Sales Company

Worldwide Sales (except UK):

Stéphanie Roux
Managing Director
INSOMNIA World Sales
50 Bis
Rue De La Mare
75020 Paris
France

T +33 (0)1435 80804

stephanie@insomnia-sales.com

bwcibo cyf.

PO Box 82
Llandysul
Ceredigion
Cymru/ Wales
UK
SA44 9AG

T +44 (0)7968 501 260

owain@bwcibo.com

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