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More Afraid of You

Synopsis

Eighty year-old arachnophobe Tessa starts believing a giant spider is stalking her in the night. Daughter Lucy prepares to cope with her mother's slide towards dementia, but if the strange scratching noises in the house aren't being made by a spider.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins
Format
Super 16mm
Director
Barry Kimber
Producer
Philippa Thomas
Co-Producer
Philippa Thomas
Editor
Steve Ackroyd
Screenwriter
Barry Kimber
Director of Photography
Mike George
Production Designer
Rosie Thomas
Sound
Barnaby Smyth
Composer
Richard Keyworth
Principal cast
Phyllida Law, Anna Chancellor

Genre

Literary Adaptation Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Thomas Thomas Films

3-4a Little Portland Street
London
W1W 7JB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7437 1112

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