Project Detail

Mercy

Synopsis

Ben, a sensitve and small 11-year-old, faces bullying at school and neglect at home. His mother can barely cope with her own problems and is completely insensitive to those of her son. Ben becomes deeply traumatised when an associate of his mother's locks him in an isolated warehouse overnight in an attempt to force her to work. Driven beyond endurance by the harsh adult world he lives in, the child finds a chilling resolution to his problems.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 14 mins
Format: 35mm, Beta SP, Digi Beta
Director: Candida Scott-Knight
Producer: Emily Man
Editor: Adam Rudd
Screenwriter: Tina Walker
Director of Photography: Mary Farbrother
Sound: Ian Argess
Composer: Arvo Part
Principal cast: Bradley Hall, Steve Sweeney, Natalie Press

Genre

Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Emily Man

38d Cropley Street
London N1 7GJ
UK

T+44 (0)7980 901 980

emilyman@ukonline.co.uk

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