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Synopsis
Rural England, early 2013. Ruth and Juliet are waiting for the British Parliament to legalise same-sex marriage so they can get married. But Juliet suffers from a terminal illness and doesn't have long to live. They are racing against time.
Details
- Year
- 2024
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 20 min
- Format
- Digital
- Director
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Kasra Karimi
- Producer
- Kasra Karimi
- Co-Producer
- Kathryn O'Reilly
- Executive Producer
- Bernadette Flynn
- Editor
- Kasra Karimi
- Screenwriter
- Kasra Karimi
- Director of Photography
- Arushi Chugh
- Production Designer
- Isobel Power Smith
- Sound
- Lee Viesnik
- Composer
- Alan Snelling
- Principal cast
- Lizzy McInnerny, Suzanna Hamilton, Francesca Zouthwell, Mark Edel-Hunt, Brian Croucher, Kerry Washington
- First Assistant Director
- Kathryn O'Reilly
- Second Camera Unit
- Alexander Rolling
- Casting Director
- Jane Frisby
- Hair and Makeup
- James Olney
- Associate Producer
- Kathryn O'Reilly
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Production Status
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