Project Detail

Daddy's Girl

Synopsis

Daddy's Girl is a chilling psychological horror feature. Heavily influenced by cult Japanese horror, the film uses striking imagery to tell this dark, haunting story.

Stephen (Richard Harrington) is a psychiatrist struggling to hold his life together. Enduring perpetual grief over the violent death of his beautiful wife, his life is fraught with pain and tragedy. Surviving only through his copious intake of prescribed drugs, Stephen is anxious to return to work. When a close colleague at the hospital takes pity on him and reinstates him as Duty Psychologist, Stephen is soon confronted with a troubled teenage girl called Nina (Jamie Winstone). With an obsession for cutting herself and a seemingly increasing blood-lust, Nina displays sinister behaviour which begins to push the boundaries of teenage angst. Are her actions merely a symptom of an unhappy home life or are they rooted in a much more sinister cause?

Set in bleak and ominous locations, Daddy's Girl will drag you through seduction, manipulation, wilful betrayal and a haunting that refuses to desist.

Daddy's Girl exploits the increasingly blurred distinction between psychosis and reality. It explores the fragile relationships between people and the explosive metamorphoses that comes with adolescence. It is a film that asks questions that you do not always want to know the answers to.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
16mm
Director
David J Evans
Producer
Michael Loveday, Huw Penallt Jones
Co-Producer
Michael Loveday, Huw Penallt Jones
Editor
John Richards
Screenwriter
David J. Evans
Director of Photography
Jonathan Bloom
Production Designer
Bill Bryce
Sound
Dai Reynolds
Composer
Owen Powell
Principal cast
Richard Harrington, Jaime Winstone, Louise Delamere, Mark Lewis Jones

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Production Status

Production Company

Boda Productions

Chapter Arts House
Market House, Market Road
Canton CF5 1QE, Wales
UK

T+44 (0)29 2033 3676

post@boda.co.uk

Carnaby Films

New London House
172 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5QR
UK

T + 00 44 207 074 1200

Rebecca.sheridan@carnabyinternational.com

Sales Company

Carnaby International

New London House
172 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5QR
UK

T +44 (0)20 7074 1273

Rebecca.sheridan@carnabyinternational.com

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