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The Boy and The Bus

Synopsis

After the death of his mother ten year-old Joe moves to a remote village. It's where she'd wanted to live. Alone with his older father, Joe is silent with grief. When the local bus driver won't wait for him, Joe begins to run.

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Details

Year: 2013
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 22 mins 45 secs
Format: 16mm
Director: Simon Pitts
Producer: Simon Pitts
Editor: Matt Chodan
Screenwriter: Rod Arthur
Director of Photography: Christopher Doyle, HKSC
Production Designer: Felicity Good
Sound: Simon Batchelar
Composer: John Elliot
Principal cast: Gregory Floy, James Shaul

Genre

Sport Children’s Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Flourishing Pictures

E: sipitts@yahoo.com

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