Project Detail

Natural Cures for Common Ailments

Synopsis

In a subterranean cell, a half-starved girl dreams about the baby inside her. In a squalid kitchen, a cook prepares a mystery breakfast. Their stories come together in a gothic birthing room.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
3 mins 10 secs
Format
35mm, Kodak
Director
Zoe and Christabel Gingell
Producer
Gaynor Messer Price
Executive Producer
Gaynor Messer Price
Editor
Glyn Shakeshaft
Screenwriter
Sian Hughes
Director of Photography
Ray Orton
Sound
Mic Shoring
Composer
John Rea
Principal cast
Heledd Baskerville, Nicola Rauh, Anwen Williams

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Production Status

Production Company

BODA Cyf

c/o Sgrin Cymru Wales
The Bank
10 Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF10 5EE
Wales
UK

T+44 (0)29 2033 3317

gwion@sgrin.co.uk

Sales Company

Britshorts Ltd

25 Beak Street
London
W1F 9RT
UK

T +44 (0)20 7734 2277

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