Project Detail

Cotton Wool

Synopsis

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as roles are reversed.

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Year
2017
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
38 mins 18 secs
Format
Digital, 35mm
Director
Nicholas Connor
Producer
Mark Quinn
Executive Producer
Mark Quinn
Editor
Amy Pfeil, Nicholas Connor
Screenwriter
Nicholas Connor
Director of Photography
Alan C. McLaughlin
Production Designer
Rhiannon Clifford
Sound
Joe Nattrass
Composer
Benjamin Squires
Principal cast
Leanne Best, Max Vento, Katie Quinn, Kate Rutter, Crissy Rock, Gemma North
Assistant Producer
Amy Pfeil

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