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Surburban Psycho

Synopsis

Teenage brother and sister Jack and Cass live in an anonymous New Town. Their parents are away on holiday and they are alone in the house together. Cass suddenly announces that she's going to have a sex change - into another sort of woman.

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins
Format
35mm, Beta SP
Director
Chris Rodley
Producer
Anna Campeau
Director of Photography
Mary Farbrother
Principal cast
Ben Wishaw, Pandora Ormsby-Gore
Film Stock
Kodak Screen Writer: Deborah Levy

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

British Broadcasting Corporation/Matinee Films

Sales Company

Jane Balfour Films Burghley House, 35 Fortess Road, London NW5 1AD Tel: 020 7267 5392 Fax: 020 7267 4241 Email: jbf@janebalfourfilms.co.uk

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