Project Detail

The Wee Man

Name: The Wee Man
Director: Ray Burdis
Genre: Drama
Released: 2013

Synopsis

1970's Blackhill, Glasgow: 11-year-old Paul Ferris has learned quickly that life on the street is tough. Everyone knows their place. Poverty breeds corruption, crime, violence and bullying. Growing up immersed in a culture of crime, Ferris finally snaps when tormented one too many times by a vicious gang of bullying neighbourhood brothers who have made his childhood a living hell. Now in his late teens, despite his father's advice and in the frustrated knowledge that the law enforcement and police do nothing to help, he decides to take on his tormentors alone and systematically wreak vengeance on them.

Details

Year: 2013
Type of project: Features
Director: Ray Burdis
Producer: Mike Loveday
Co-Producer: Andrew Loveday, Terry Loveday
Executive Producer: Billy Murray, Shail Shah
Editor: Will Gilbey
Screenwriter: Ray Burdis
Director of Photography: Ali Asad
Production Designer: Belinda Cusmano, Alice Norris
Composer: John Beckett
Principal cast: Patrick Bergin, Hannah Blamires, Steven Borrie

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Carnaby International

New London House
172 Drury Lane
London
WC2B 5QR
UK
Tel: +44 (0)80 0022 3345
Fax:+44 (0)8704 586 282

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