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Earth

Synopsis

Reclusive in daylight, Sean ventures out at night to tend to his 'adopted' unkempt allotment. Drawn to the allotment's strange aura he finds the courage to emerge in daylight, deciding on the day of an eclipse. Sean experiences a miracle, his dead daughter, Grace, 'grows' out of the soil.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
Digi Beta
Director
Patricia Lalla
Producer
Ella Littlewood
Editor
Nick Packer
Screenwriter
Patricia Lalla
Director of Photography
Marcus Waterloo
Sound
Richard Spooner
Composer
Tim Howarth
Principal cast
Patrick Lyster, Rachel Roddy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Guzzle Films

Contact: Ella Littlewood
Flat 4, 194 Randolph Avenue
London W9 1PG
UK

T 07970 627 434

ella@guzzle.demon.co.uk

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