Project Detail

Normal for Norfolk

Synopsis

Protesting his sanity and denying his name, a mental asylum inmate, 'Ray', is being transferred to another facility. He escapes from the ambulance and flees into the woods. Pursued by Randall, the delusional ambulance driver, the heavily sedated Ray undergoes a suburban trial by ordeal before finally making it home to his wife. But why does she call him Ian? And where's he been for the past year? Last time she saw him he said he was just popping out for some milk. Randall curses his bad luck again. But there's more than one Ray to fill an asylum.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10mins
Format
35mm
Director
Gareth Lewis
Editor
Martin Swann
Screenwriter
Gareth Lewis
Director of Photography
Sean Bobbitt
Production Designer
Louise Begbie
Sound
Alex Ashcroft
Composer
Ben Foster
Principal cast
Stephen Campbell Moore, Tim Piggott Smith, Helen McCrory

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Picture Farm

7 Garrett Street
London EC1Y 0TY
UK

T +44 (0)207 566 5879

info@picture-farm.com

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