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Madeleine

Synopsis

In a small American town a mundane event offers a glimpse in to a normally unseen world of mysterious connections. A businessman rushes for his train but just misses it. As he waits for the next service another world seems to open up before him and we witness a series of disparate characters each enter their own state of delusion, rapture or heightened awareness.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2015 - Journey Strand - World premiere
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Details

Year
2015
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Director
Ollie Verschoyle
Producer
Dee Meaden
Editor
Domenico Favata
Screenwriter
Ollie Verschoyle
Director of Photography
Ollie Verschoyle
Sound
Mike Fitzgerald
Composer
Jon Opstad
Principal cast
Jared Kelner, Trina Catterson, Jay Pingree, Suzanne Du Charme, Wayne Anderson, Jason Pagan

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, US coproduction

Magic Word Productions

Dee Meaden
Ollie Verschoyle

Sales Company

c/o Magic Word Productions

Dee Meaden
Ollie Verschoyle

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