Project Detail

Consumed

Synopsis

After an early miscarriage, Faye preserves the embryo in a jar of
oil, sleeping with it under her pillow. She shows it to her husband, expecting him to understand. Grief-stricken when he questions her sanity, she chooses drastic action.

Details

Year: 2020
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 14 min 59 sec
Director: Karen Lamond
Producer: Penny Davies
Executive Producer: Carolynne Sinclair Kidd, Holly Daniel, Sean Greenhorn
Editor: Gigi Cone Welch
Screenwriter: Simone Pereira Hind
Director of Photography: Simon Hawken
Production Designer: Alice Cousins
Sound: Jonathon McLoone
Music: Philip Pinsky
Principal cast: Shauna Macdonald, Emun Elliott
Based on a short story by: Sian Hughes

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by Scottish Film Talent Network

Smashing Pictures Ltd

38 Marchmont Crescent
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH9 1HG

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