Project Detail

Comeback Kid

Synopsis

16-year-old Hugh thinks he’s in a nice, normal, coming-of-age
story when a past life’s unsatisfied urges make him want
to sleep with his girlfriend’s mum and kill her dad. He finds it
all very confusing.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - Laugh Strand - World premiere

Details

Year
2017
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 mins 45 secs
Director
Ian Robertson
Producer
Nathan Craig
Editor
Zsofia Tálas
Screenwriter
Sam Steiner
Director of Photography
Jon Muschamp
Production Designer
Ana Martinez Fernández
Sound
Michalianna Theofanopoulou
Composer
Hollie Buhagiar
Principal cast
Tom Cawte, Emma Beattie, Olivia Sawbridge, Neil Stewart, Ross Armstrong

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Hemant Sharda
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Hemant Sharda
Station Road
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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