Project Detail

The Moth

Synopsis

Talented young carpenter Robert Bradley moves from the Jarrow shipyards to the country to join his uncle's furniture business in 1913. Life in the country is not always the idyll he had imagined and Robert is eventually driven from his uncle's home by damning accusations. Robert quickly finds work with the Thormans of Foreshaw Park where his meeting with the Thorman sisters provides a further conflict in an already self-destructive household.

Details

Year
1998
Type of project
Features
Running time
180 mins
Format
16mm, Digi Betta SP Fuji
Director
Roy Battersby
Producer
Keith Richardson
Executive Producer
Keith Richardson
Director of Photography
Robin Vidgeon BSC
Principal cast
Jack Davenport, Juliet Aubrey, Justine Waddell and David Howey
Screen Writer
Gordon Hann

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Festival Film & Television Ltd Festival House Tranquil Passage Blackheath London SE3 OBJ Tel: 020 8297 9999 Fax: 020 8297 1155

Sales Company

Brite TV The London TV Centre Upper Ground London SE1 9LT Tel: 020 7737 8323 Fax: 020 7928 8470

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