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One Summer When You Went Away

Synopsis

With a dad in jail and a mum off to Cyprus with her latest lover, Danny, sketch pad and unfinished painting in tow, meets Izzy, newly arrived in Hull who aint going anywhere.... but then his mad aunt rocks up from Scotland and the s*** hits the fan. Thank God for his grandad....
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Details

Year
2020
Type of project
Features
Running time
95 min
Format
Digital HD
Director
Chris Hopkin 1st Feature
Producer
Emily Brown
Executive Producer
Julian F. Woodford
Editor
Chris Hopkin, Neal Coulman
Screenwriter
Chris Hopkin, Julian F. Woodford
Director of Photography
Bradley Nicholls
Sound
Phil Codd
Composer
Joe Roper
Principal cast
Laurence Ellerker, Laura Peterson, Angela Stone, Kenneth Mguni, Stan Haywood

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Julian F. Woodford

Dead Bod Films
c/o Humber Film
Maister House
160 High Street
Hull
East Yorkshire HU1 1NL

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