Project Detail

Bitter Fruit

Name: Bitter Fruit
Director: Kristin Duffy
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Woman Director
Duration: 3 min 28 sec

A woman in a purple top holding a melon and a woman in an orange top holding a coffee mug sit at a kitchen table

A woman in a grey coat and a woman in a black coat smile at each other on the pavement outside a fruit stand

Synopsis

The older Clem gets, the more friends and family encourage her to try fruit. But when she finally decides to give fruit a go, her body won't cooperate, rejecting it again and again until she realises that not everyone can have fruit after all.

Details

Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 3 min 28 sec
Format: Super 8
Director: Kristin Duffy
Producer: Kristin Duffy
Screenwriter: Kristin Duffy
Director of Photography: Kristin Duffy
Sound: Liam Eshghi-Luck
Composer: Liam Eshghi-Luck
Principal cast: Sarah Gain, Joanna Shubert, Margarita San Luis
Shoot Supervisor: Lily Kennedy

Genre

Comedy Drama Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Slackline Productions

Kristin Duffy

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