Project Detail

Bye Child

Synopsis

Ireland 1971. The height of the space age is celebrated on TV but in the home of one young woman lies a guilty secret. The secret once revealed shows the lunar distances some will travel beyond love.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
17 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Bernard McLaverty
Producer
Andrew Bonner
Editor
Bert Eeles
Screenwriter
Bernard McLaverty
Director of Photography
Oliver Cheesman
Sound
Deke Thompson
Composer
Eddie McGuire
Principal cast
Susan Lynch, Brian Devlin, Dick Holland

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Poetry In Motion, Posh Pictures

3/2 191 Hyndland Road
Glasgow G12 9HT, Scotland
UK

T/F+44 (0)141 587 6279

aj.bonner@virgin.net

Sales Company

Scottish Screen

2nd Floor
249 West George Street
Glasgow G2 4QE, Scotland
UK

T+44 (0)141 302 1756

bryony.mcintyre@scottishscreen.com

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