River Crossing
Synopsis
Instructed by a dominant father to cross a dangerous river and return a stranger's belongings to the opposite bank, two young girls almost drown.
A girl's voice narrates the main event but at the start of the river crossing, it is replaced by a woman's voice. This memorable day becomes the turning point of the girl's life, with no possibility of return.
Running water, the wide river and the crossing serve as metaphors for her rites of passage to adulthood: the moment she grew years in a single day.
Details
- Year
- 2007
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 6 mins 54 secs
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
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Marina Willer
- Producer
- Leena Telén
- Editor
- Justine Wright
- Screenwriter
- Leena Telen, Marina Willer
- Director of Photography
- Mike Eley
- Production Designer
- Marina Willer
- Sound
- Dave Hunt
- Composer
- Steve Beresford
- Principal cast
- Shannon Wilson, Senaid MacKay
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Leena Telén Productions
77 Mount Pleasant LaneLondon E5 9EW
UK
T+44 (0)20 8806 3307
leena@btinternet.com
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