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The Embalmer's Daughter

Synopsis

Emily works in a funeral parlour. Lonely and clinically shy, her hopeless yearning for love is inþamed by an old man's passionate goodbye to his dead wife. Then fate strikes.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
3 mins 30 secs
Format
35mm
Director
Carol White
Producer
Suzanne Phillips
Editor
Tim Croydenberg
Screenwriter
Carol White
Director of Photography
Rory Taylor
Sound
Sounds in Motion
Composer
Neil White
Principal cast
Sally Richards, Elfed Logi, Jeanette Nelson, Guto Williams, Francis Jarman

Genre

Welsh

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Forget About It Film and TV

C/o Sgrîn Cymru Wales
The Bank, 10 Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff CF10 5EE Wales
UK

T + 44 (0)29 2033 3317

gwion@sgrin.co.uk

Sales Company

Sgrîn Cymru Wales

The Bank, 10 Mount Stuart Square
Cardiff CF10 5EE Wales
UK

T+ 44 (0)29 2033 3317

gwion@sgrin.co.uk

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