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Synopsis

Set in the small town of Gloucester, this surrealist drama explores the return of a young man (Rory Alexander) to his old life after the disappearance of his mother. Following his release from a psychiatric hospital, all appears to begin again as normal when his guardian Dunleavy (Mark Rylance) takes him in and offers him his old job back at the garage. But, one night, taken to a mysterious club by fellow garage workers, the old magic of the forest and his past collide in ways he could never expect.

Details

Year: 2021
Type of project: Features
Running time: 82 min
Director: Fridtjof Ryder 1st Feature
Producer: Henry Richmond, Louis Paine, Fridtjof Ryder
Executive Producer: Mark Rylance, Sam Tromans, Zak Brilliant, Ian Dawson, Matthew Cook, Toby Cook, Shaun Dingwall, Annabel Richmond, Guy Davies, Thomas R. Atherton
Editor: Joe Walton, Lincoln Witter
Screenwriter: Fridtjof Ryder
Director of Photography: Ravi Doubleday
Production Designer: Ian Blackwell
Sound: Joseph Gidley, Christopher Wilson
Composer: Bartholomew Mason
Principal cast: Mark Rylance, Rory Alexander, Shaun Dingwall, Alexander Lincoln, Nell Williams

Genre

Experimental Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Black Twist Films Ltd

14 Bowbridge Lane
Stroud
Gloucestershire GL5 2JW

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