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Delilah

Synopsis

One day top stylist Pim comes face to face with her past when Debbie walks into her salon and back into her memory. Pim's in turmoil as she remembers the summer day when they were ten and her then best friend rejected her. Pim's crime: her Asian hair was black, not blonde. Now Pim has Debbie's head in her hands. Pim has her chance for revenge.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins, 45 secs
Format
35mm
Director
Esther Campbell
Producer
Maggie Ellis
Co-Producer
Maggie Ellis
Editor
Roger Mitchell
Screenwriter
Kam Gandhi, Esther May Campbell
Director of Photography
Mike Fox
Sound
Keith Rogerson
Principal cast
Archie Panjabi, Elizabeth Berrington, Sasha Tilley, Parhnia Parsons

Genre

Woman Director Asian Children’s Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

FRAMES of REFERENCE FILMS ltd

277-9 Camden High Street
London NW1 7BX
UK

T +44 (0)20 7482 5672

M +44 (0)7802 400 504

info@for-films.com

Sales Company

South West Screen

St Bartholomew's Court
Lewins Mead
Bristol BS1 UK
UK

T+44 (0)11 7377 6066

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