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The Con Game

Synopsis

A family of Irish Travellers come to England to find work. Joining their uncle in his driveway business they surf soup kitchens to pick up homeless men. Enslaved and forced to work, with little food and no money there's little chance of escape until a young newcomer arrives.
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Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
21 mins 42 secs
Format
.mov digital
Director
Jane Sanger
Producer
Deniz Oktay
Executive Producer
Gail Rock
Editor
James Dingle
Screenwriter
Jane Sanger
Director of Photography
James Martin
Sound
Marina Fusella
Composer
William Naughton/Peter Radford
Principal cast
Daniel Glynn,Barnaby Chambers, Peter Radford, Stephen Devey,Grahame Edwards, Danny Steele,Andrew Lawlan, Jane Hamlet, Stepen M Turner,

Genre

Drama Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Lumino Films

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