Project Detail

Itch

Synopsis

Itch follows Nathan McCarthy through three days of his life he wanders alone, along the streets of his depressing industrial town – he has chance meetings with strangers – he bumps into an old friend in a pub, Paul Chapple, who turns out to be a local small-time drug dealer and the catalyst in changing his life.

Nathan has been suffering from years of manic depression. He has been in and out of institutions but nothing has helped him so far – he is a man on the edge and is to become totally unbalanced through a series of seemingly random events.

Nathan has an itch he can’t scratch. This is the story of how he comes to terms with his problems and how he deals with it all in his own special way. His therapy is about to begin.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Features
Running time
103 mins
Format
HiDef
Director
Jay Radosavljevic 1st Feature
Producer
Jay Radosavljevic
Editor
Matt Patrick, Jay Radosavljevic
Screenwriter
Jay Radosavljevic
Director of Photography
Matt Patrick
Sound
Richard Miller
Composer
Jozef Fletcher, The Satellite Inspectors
Principal cast
Paul Andrew, Kal Aise, Max Whatley

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Handcrafted Films

42a Salisbury Road
London N4 1JZ
UK

T +44 (0)7887 557 464

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