Project Detail

Sonny and Petrulia

Synopsis

Petrulia, an elderly woman lays down across some railroad tracks to kill herself. She doesn't know that that particular stretch of track has been shut down. Sonny, a young man comes along on a pump trolley. He almost runs her over, but manages to stop just in time. This is the beginning of a strange little relationship between the two. They end up pumping away together, headed for the next station.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 8 mins, 4 secs
Format: Digi Beta, Beta SP
Director: Karl Kristian Meidell
Producer: Ninon Onarheim, Eiving Natvig
Editor: Kristoffer Archetti
Screenwriter: Kieron Hawkes
Sound: Silje Camilla Vesterdal
Music: Kjetil Schjander-Larsen
Principal cast: Mona Hofland, Thomas Bye

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street
London WC2H 9UB
UK

T +44 (0)20 7836 9642 / +44 (0)20 7240 0161

c.bright@lfs.org.uk

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www.lfs.org.uk

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