Project Detail

Mustard

Synopsis

Mustard is the story of a woman who can't change.

Joan ritualistically deposits her idiosyncratic childish objects around the city as if laying them to rest, in an attempt to change her life and grow up.

But the objects all return to her in another shape or form.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Format
HiDef
Director
Carol Murphy
Producer
Roof Raic Ltd, Rage Filmproduction, Realise
Co-Producer
Roof Raic Ltd, Rage Filmproduction, Realise
Editor
Stephan Talneau
Screenwriter
Carol Murphy
Director of Photography
Nick Gordon Smith
Production Designer
Don McCambell
Sound
Andrew Halley
Composer
Pierre Forcioli-Conte
Principal cast
Madeleine Bowyer, Dominic Coleman, Ruby Chevalley, Brian Catling, Chanette Powell, Dale Mintus, Chloe Shanahan, Caighlyn Magee-Biggs

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Roof Raic Ltd

595A Commercial Road
Stepney
London E9 7AL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7790 6557

carol@roofraic.com

Rage Filmproduction

32 Rue Médéric
75017 Paris
France

sabbah@rage-filmproduction.com

Realise

242 Boulevard Voltaire
75011 Paris
France

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