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Gyppo

Synopsis

It's the mid 1980's and Rosa is having a bad summer. She's 12, her feminist mum is picketing a local sex shop and the girls at school are making her life hell and - she doesn't know what 'coming' means.
 
'What's 'coming' mum?' Sex education in the 1980's is a nightmare for 12 year old Rosa.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
tbc
Format
DigiBeta
Director
Chloe Thomas
Producer
Nikki Parrott, Natasha Dack
Editor
Dermid Scrimshaw
Screenwriter
Chloe Thomas, Mark Rogers
Director of Photography
Ed Mash
Sound
Craig Rihoy
Composer
Peter Morris
Principal cast
Sophie Stuckley

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tigerlily Films

Studio 17, Whitechapel Centre
Myrdle Street, London
UK

T+44 (0)20 7247 1107

nikki@tigerlilyfilms.com

Sales Company

Tigerlily Films

Studio 17, Whitechapel Centre
Myrdle Street, London
UK

T+44 (0)20 7247 1107

nikki@tigerlilyfilms.com

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