Project Detail

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

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Production Status

Production Company

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

Sales Company

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