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Allone

Synopsis

In pre-Christian Ireland, a young, recently bereaved woman with no one left in the world, travels the land in search of a remedy that can bring her child back to life, only to find a cure not for the child's mortality, but for the grief she can no longer bear.

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Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 min
Format: Digital
Director: Helen Rollins
Producer: Peter Rollins, Johnny Rollins
Executive Producer: Hugh Schulze, Rob Morel, The Buckley Family, Sarah Baroody, Kavi Jivan, Angela Josephine, Joe Karbowski, Lisa Kruse, Jon Lyons, Meg Lyons, Scott Maslar, Ann McKusick, Richard McKusick, Robert Moen, Sue Stauffer, Deedie Street, Gene Street, Jennifer Watts
Editor: Caleb Swyers
Screenwriter: Helen Rollins
Director of Photography: Aidan Gault
Production Designer: Helen Rollins
Sound: Damian Enemark
Composer: Adrian Romero
Principal cast: Máirín De Buitléir, Melanie Clarke Pullen, Gina Costigan, Noni Stapleton, Donagh Deeney, Dorothy Cotter, Cáilum Carragher, Elisha Gormley, Derek Pullen
Art Director: Silvia Mandic
Costume Designer: Stacey Teague, Malachy Casement

Genre

Northern Irish Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The Magician's Niece

7a Ballymullan Road
Crawfordsburn
County Down
BT19 1JG

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