Project Detail

Mortus Illumina

Synopsis

A Faustian puppeteer tells the story of Mary, a girl who sells her soul for five years worth of happiness. She takes refuge in a convent, unaware that her soul holds the key to the survival or destruction of the deadlights realm, a world that exists between this and the next.

Details

Year: 2005
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: DVcam
Director: Chance
Producer: Robert St-John Smith
Editor: Jon Weinman
Screenwriter: Smith
Director of Photography: Lloyd Betel Higgins, Brandon Bisnette
Sound: James Butler
Composer: Brian Madigan
Principal cast: Jonothan Hooley, Adam Booth, Susie Benton, Darrell Brockis, Paul Holden

Genre

Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The 5YLAC Group

26 York Street
London W1U 6PZ
UK

T+44 (0)84 5310 4314

info@5ylac.biz

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www.5ylac.biz

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