Project Detail

Last Laugh

Synopsis

A woman, Sarah, drives through the night, back and forth, visiting her dying mother. She smokes, listens to advice on the mobile phone but most of all she thinks and dreams. Will her mother live or die and which outcome does she long for most? One thing is certain: she and her mother have never seen eye to eye, never even been able to share a joke.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Sue Dunderdale 1st Feature
Producer
Ness Valley Films Ltd
Editor
Jude Robson
Screenwriter
Sue Dunderdale
Director of Photography
Noski Deville
Sound
Haresh Patel, Owain Rich
Composer
Jake Telford
Principal cast
Frances Barber, Doreen Mantle, Anna Keaveney

Production Status

Production Company

Ness Valley Films Ltd

47 Kenway Road
London SW5 0RE
UK

T +44 (0)20 7370 3854

jenny@nessvalleyfilms.com

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