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Friendly Voices

Synopsis

Friendly Voices tells of a psychiatrist's home visit to a patient. It contrasts their different social situations with their all too similar inner selves. Joan is a spinster in her early fifties, living in an upmarket Victorian flat. Alec is a fortyish schizophrenic who occasionally hears voices in his head.

Details

Year
1998
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Jack Wyper
Producer
Simon Mallinson
Director of Photography
Paul Herley
Principal cast
David Hayman, Maggie MacRitchie
Screen Writer
Dilys Rose, Jack Wyper

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mallinson Television Productions Trinity House, 29 Lynedoch Street Glasgow G3 6EF, Scotland Tel 0141 332 0589 Fax 0141 332 6190

Sales Company

as Production Company

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