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Luka

Synopsis

A story of a lonely adolescent girl, living on an isolated farm in the middle of nowhere, who creates her own friends: the eggs she finds in the farmyard, making her own magical world to retreat herself from her violent, abusive father and her mentally ill mother.

Details

Year
2001
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10.18 mins
Format
Betacam Sp
Director
Maureen Prins
Producer
Monica Rubio
Editor
Maureen Prins
Screenwriter
Maureen Prins
Director of Photography
Sarah Tapsfield
Sound
Lloyd Samuels
Principal cast
C Higginbotham (Luka), M Bedford (Father), H McKay (Mother)

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Papelito Productions

Contact: M Rubio
Northern Media School
15 Paternoster Row
Sheffield S1 2BX
UK

T 0114 2254648

monicarubio@hotmail.com

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