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Blood Cells

Synopsis

Adam has lived a rootless existence since his family’s farm was destroyed by the Foot & Mouth epidemic of 2001. His life imploded and he abandoned his family after a single devastating incident. He has spent the years since on the nomadic fringes of British society, cycling through transitory jobs and transitory relationships, adrift from his family and past. When his younger brother Aiden reaches out to him to announce the birth of his first child – Adam is about to become an uncle – there is an ultimatum attached: come home now, or never come home again.
Adam embarks on a journey home that is at once tortured and exhilarating, a panoramic tour through the broken and beautiful margins of Britain. As eruptions from his secret past begin to emerge, Adam attempts to break free from a self-imposed exile that must now end before it swallows him for good.
Venice Film Festival 2014 - World premiere
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Details

Year
2014
Type of project
Features
Running time
86 mins
Director
Joseph Bull, Luke Seomore 1st Feature
Producer
Duane Hopkins, Samm Haillay, Ben Young
Co-Producer
Tim Francis, Andrew McVicar
Editor
Darren Baldwin
Screenwriter
Joseph Bull, Luke Seomore, Ben Young
Director of Photography
David Procter
Production Designer
Benedict Lack, Samuel Waters
Sound
Simon Batchelar, Patch Rowland, Luke Seomore
Composer
Luke Seomore
Principal cast
Barry Ward, Hayley Squires, Jimmy Akingbola, Silas Carson, Keith McEerlean, Chloe Pirrie, and Francis Magee
Casting Director
Kharmel Cochrane
Costume Design
Joseph Crone
Hair & Makeup Design
Charlotte Kraftman
Post Production
Final Cut London
Picture Post
Framestore

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Third Films

Kingsland Church Studios
Priory Green
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 2DW

Sales Company

Third Films

Kingsland Church Studios
Priory Green
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE6 2DW

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