The Watcher Self
Synopsis
Cora (Karen French) begins her day facing the consequences of a nightmare. Struggling to maintain a normal routine, she engages in a series of emotionally detached encounters and experiences a confusing psychological connection with the strange and elusive Van (Julian Shaw). Then echoes from the past threaten to derail her tenuous state of mind, and Cora becomes increasingly dislocated from her surroundings. Is she going insane, or is it something else? The Watcher Self is about what remains when the layers of sanity are gradually stripped away... and what may or may not be real.
Details
- Year
- 2015
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 95 mins
- Format
- HD (DSLR)
- Director
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Matt Cruse 1st Feature
- Producer
- Matt Cruse, Phil Macdonald
- Editor
- Alex Weeks
- Screenwriter
- Matt Cruse
- Director of Photography
- Michelle Tofi
- Production Designer
- Stephanie Palgrave-Brown
- Sound
- Lewis Clark
- Composer
- Paul Sumpter
- Principal cast
- Karen French, Julian Shaw
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Matt Cruse
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