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A Disappearance

Synopsis

A local child has gone missing. For the family, it is a tragedy. For former celebrity psychic Dame Alvera, it is an opportunity to claw back her fame. But in the dingy confines of a small-town psychic fayre, can she still make a human connection?
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Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 min 22 sec
Format
DCP
Director
Laura Spini, Laurence Brook
Producer
Rebecca Morgan
Editor
Laura Spini
Screenwriter
Laura Spini, Laurence Brook
Director of Photography
Tian Tsering
Production Designer
Zoë Payne
Sound
Ania Przygoda
Composer
Giorgio Giampà
Principal cast
Sophie Thompson, Christopher Keegan, Lauren Douglin, Tim Heath

Genre

Woman Director Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Butthead Films Ltd

6 Kimberley Drive
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 4QF

Sales Company

Butthead Films Ltd

Rebecca Morgan

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