Project Detail

Better

Better Short Film Ltd

Synopsis

When Ruth finds her chronically ill sister Kitty living a new life by the seaside, she realises she doesn't know her sister - or her illness - at all...
A short fiction film about sibling relationships and ableism.

Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 16 min
Format: Digital
Director: Zoe Hunter Gordon
Producer: Olwyn Fagan, Ben Woodsmith, Celestine Fraser
Executive Producer: Magnus Rausing, Nick Sadler, Kirsty Bell, Bill Baber, Meica Beistegui, Victoire Carassco, Lili Giacobino, Frances Gordon, Ryan Maki, Emily Morgan, Marilyn Smith
Editor: Raluca Petre
Screenwriter: Zoe Hunter Gordon
Director of Photography: Tamas Apor Meder
Production Designer: Syd Harmony
Sound: Oscar Crawford, Andrej Bako
Principal cast: Milly Zero, Ellie James, Severine Howell - Meri, Frankie Wade

Genre

Woman Director Disabilities Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Bird in Hand Ltd

94 Catford Hill
London
SE6 4PU

bettershortfilm@gmail.com

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

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