Perfect Parents
Synopsis
Stuart gets a wake-up call one day when Lucy witnesses a vicius knife fight at school. He had no idea things had got that bad. He takes Lucy out of school to teach her at home while they search for an alternative. But as they do the rounds they find the others wre worse. Demoralised staff, needles in toilets. They can't put Lucy through that. There's only one school that isn't a war zone. But St Mary's is a Catholic school and they are atheists. End of story. But Lucy encourages them to at least look. All you have to do is pretend. But once the lying starts events soon spiral out of control and blackmail and murder follow.
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Format
- DigiBeta
- Director
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Joe Ahearne
- Producer
- Andy Harries, Shefali Malhoutra
- Editor
- Graham Walker
- Screenwriter
- Joe Ahearne
- Director of Photography
- Peter Greenhalgh
- Production Designer
- Jeff Tessler
- Sound
- Simon Bishop
- Music
- Murray Gold
- Principal cast
- Christopher Eccleston, Susannah Harker, Lesley Manville, David Warner, Brendan Coylem, Michelle Joseph, Maddy Garrood
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
ITV Productions
16th floor, LTVCUpper Ground
London SE1 9LT
UK
T+44 (0)20 7739 8382
Sales Company
Granada International
48 Leicester SquareLondon WC2H 7FB
UK
T+44 (0)20 7491 1441
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