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Synopsis

A film about seeing and feeling: that treacherous task of making sense of the world.

Laura begins her first adult job and is immediately torn between the professional advice of colleagues and instinctive empathy for the patients in her care. Tragic events bring conflict to crisis forcing a final and defining choice.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 mins 57 secs
Format
Video
Director
Christeen Winford
Producer
Steve McIntyre, Mark Grindle
Editor
Fiona MacDonald
Screenwriter
Christeen Winford
Director of Photography
Roger Chapman
Sound
Colin McNab
Composer
Wendy Weatherby
Principal cast
Eileen McCallum, Edith McArthur

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Production Status

Production Company

Cormorant Productions

Contact: Christeen Winford
72 Promenade Portobello
Edinburgh EH15 2DX
UK

T 00 44 (0)131 657 3393

christeen@cormorantfilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Scottish Screen

Contact: Katie McNaly
249 West George Street
Glasgow
G2 4QE
UK

T 00 44 (0) 141 302 1700

distribution@scottishscreen.com

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