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Hush Your Mouth

Synopsis

In Silvertown, London's least shiny quarter, a young man stands up to stop what he sees as evil and his friends see as fun. He dies for being a grass but his reasons and his convictions sink with him into the dirty water of the Thames. His brother Leo, shattered by the death, struggles to understand why his friend Isaiah is apparently guilty of the murder. While his half-sister starts an unwitting relationship with the real killer and his mother sinks deeper into grief it is left to 17 year old Leo to avoid easy revenge, take unpopular action and uncover the uncomfortable truth.
 

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
96 mins
Format
HD
Director
Tom Tyrwhitt 1st Feature
Producer
Liza Brown
Editor
Bart Lewin
Screenwriter
Tom Tyrwhitt, Liza Brown
Composer
Sukie Smith
Principal cast
Ruth Sheen, Jay Simpson, Kahlid Abdalla, Jason Maza, Jade Williams, Coshti Dowden, Cornell John, Sam Oatley, Jessica Jones

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Sales Company

Jinga Films

22 Carnaby Street
London
UK

T +44 (0) 20 7287 0050

M +44 (0) 7765 398 742

www.jingafilms.com

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