Project Detail

For Better

For Better

Synopsis

We all know a Jeanine: 40’s, childless, partnerless, wondering not just, “How did I get here?” (that’s the easy question) but “Where next?” and, more importantly, “Who with?”
Jeanine’s is a simple goal: She wants someone to say her name in the dark. So a husband, i.e. someone contractually obliged to be with her, seems like the answer. Which is how Jeanine came to be here in a wedding dress, beside an A-road on a rainy day, holding a sign that says, ‘MARRY ME’. Problem is, the various men who stop and talk to her have their own agendas (not all of them honourable).
Then a car pulls in and out fall two drunk women: hen party sashes, gins in tins and a jilted bride-to-be who’s the angriest woman to ever draw breath. Rival bride Jeanine seems the ideal target for her fury. Until Jeanine realises how to unite them all in their various frustrations...
Official Selection Dinard Festival of British and Irish Films 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 min 42 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Kitty Percy
Producer
Andrew Harmer
Executive Producer
Jonathan Carr, William Shutt, Jess Wheeler
Editor
Andrew Harmer
Screenwriter
Kitty Percy
Director of Photography
Robbie Bryant
Production Designer
Tobias Buller
Sound
Graeme Willetts, David Gritzman
Composer
Alastair McNamara
Principal cast
Alice Lowe, Edward Rowe, Nikesh Patel, Saskia Chana

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Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Mirrorless Limited

Andrew Harmer

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