The Tenement Ghost
Synopsis
Returning to begin their new life together, the bride finds her efforts to nurture the marriage thwarted by her husband's excessive drinking. He dominates the relationship but spirals into alcoholism, his arrogance and self-loathing manifest in physical and emotional violence. Her rapid transition from starry-eyed bride to battered wife is marked by the appearance of a ghostly apparition and, though we are never sure whether this spectre is real or simply a fantasy borne of her brutal situation, its appearances become more frequent as her personality disintegrates.
The death of their unborn child pushes her ever closer to the edge of sanity until the ghostly visitor's promptings finally impel her into a last desperate attempt to free herself from torment, bringing the Tenement Ghost to its ghastly and appalling climax.
Details
- Year
- 2011
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 51 mins 40 secs
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Thomas Cochrane 1st Feature
- Producer
- Thomas Cochrane
- Co-Producer
- Thomas Cochrane, John Carruthers
- Editor
- Thomas Cochrane
- Screenwriter
- Thomas Cochrane, John Carruthers
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Cochrane
- Production Designer
- Alan Tanner
- Composer
- Fred Wilkinson
- Principal cast
- Frances Rowan, Barry Ward
- Assistant to Director
- Elizabeth Duffy
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Twisty-Headed Man Comapny
3/2, 150 Butterbiggins RoadGlasgow G42 7AF
UK
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Sales Company
Twisty-Headed Man Comapny.
3/2, 150 Butterbiggins RoadGlasgow G42 7AF
UK
T +44 (0)141 585 8581
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