Project Detail

Gooseberries Don't Dance

Synopsis

A successful middle aged businesswoman receives a letter from a childhood friend who 'grew up to be a murderer'. Tension mounts on her journey to visit him at a mental institution, bringing back memories of a seemingly idyllic seaside holiday spent as teenagers in 1950s England.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 13 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Andrew Kazamia
Producer: Adrian Bate
Executive Producer: Adrian Bate
Editor: Roger Dacier
Screenwriter: Andrew Kazamia
Director of Photography: Clive Tickner
Sound: Mark August
Music: Richard Darbyshire
Principal cast: Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Quadriga Productions

24 Grange Road
Eastbourne, BN21 4HF, UK

T+44 (0)1323 727428

fran@qprods.co.uk

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