For Better
Synopsis
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
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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
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Supported by BFI NETWORK
Mirrorless Limited
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