Project Detail

Private Life

Synopsis

Yorkshire, England 1952. Ruth Ackroyd, leaves the monotony of her work in her father's textile mill on a Friday afternoon, and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins 49 secs
Format
35mm
Director
Abbe Robinson
Producer
Tony Dixon, Screen Yorkshire
Co-Producer
Tony Dixon, Screen Yorkshire
Editor
Anton Short
Screenwriter
Abbe Robinson
Director of Photography
Candida Richardson
Production Designer
Joanne Cook
Sound
Heather Fenoughty
Composer
Heather Fenoughty
Principal cast
Lucy Liemann, Toby Sawyer, Jana Carpenter, Andy Henderson

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Production Status

Production Company

Mad Cat Films Ltd

37-39 Milton Road
Branton
Doncaster
South Yorkshire
UK

mad_cat_films@yahoo.com

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