Daddy's Girl
Synopsis
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
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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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Boda Productions
Chapter Arts HouseMarket House, Market Road
Canton CF5 1QE, Wales
UK
T+44 (0)29 2033 3676
post@boda.co.uk
Carnaby Films
New London House172 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5QR
UK
T + 00 44 207 074 1200
Rebecca.sheridan@carnabyinternational.com
Sales Company
Carnaby International
New London House172 Drury Lane
London WC2B 5QR
UK
T +44 (0)20 7074 1273
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