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Balance Not Symmetry

Synopsis

After her father’s funeral, American student Caitlin (Laura Harrier) leaves her grieving mother (Kate Dickie) behind to return to her third-year studies at the Glasgow School of Art. There she juggles her grief and end-of-year presentation with meeting a new guy, Rory (Scott Miller), and a rupture in her relationship with her housemate and BFF Hannah (Bria Vinaite). Can she again find balance in her turbulent life?

Details

Year
2019
Type of project
Features
Running time
97 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Jamie Adams
Producer
Maggie Monteith and Jamie Adams
Executive Producer
Chris Reed, James Norrie, Bob Portal, Reinhard Besser
Editor
Adelina Bichis
Screenwriter
Jamie Adams
Director of Photography
Ryan Eddleston
Production Designer
Anousha Payne
Sound
Oliver Celeste Barry
Composer
Walter Mair
Principal cast
Laura Harrier, Bria Vinaite, Lily Newmark, Scott Miller

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Northern Stories and Northcott Films Limited

Maggie Monteith

Sales Company

AMP International

Timo Suomi
Studio 01zero-one
Hopkins Street
London
W1F 0HS

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