Project Detail

The Nervous State

The Nervous State by Nicola Baldwin, photo by Lara Booth

Synopsis

In 1938 Peter Lucas keeps a journal of British inaction against fascism. His wife Prudie designs ‘Lovers of Gudrun’, for Stockport Garrick Theatre. As Czechoslovakia is occupied, with Peter consumed by politics and Prudie obsessed by Gudrun, fault-lines in their personalities and marriage crack under pressure of impending war.

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Details

Year: 2024
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 19 min 10 sec
Format: Sony Venice 6K
Director: Nicola Baldwin
Producer: Nosocomial Project
Executive Producer: Nicola Baldwin
Editor: Casey Wong
Screenwriter: Nicola Baldwin
Director of Photography: Heather Crompton
Production Designer: Caitlin Mawhinney
Sound: Kitty Turner
Composer: Louis Milner
Principal cast: Peter Clements, Lucy Carter, Laura Sophie Helbig, Rebecca Simon, Robin Simpson
Costume Designer: Eve Salter
Hair and Make-up Designer: Faye Aydin

Genre

Human Rights Literary Adaption Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Nosocomial Project

Nicola Baldwin

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