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The World According To Liam Lovelle

Synopsis

Set in the heavily regenerated City of Salford, Manchester. Liam Lovelle is a City Centre hotel night cleaner who arrives for work to discover a slight change to his daily routine. He is made redundant. Liam finds the sudden change very difficult. Why? Liam has Aspergers Syndrome.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
24 mins
Format
HiDef Cam
Director
Simon Powell
Producer
Dan Nightingale
Co-Producer
Dan Nightingale
Editor
Dan Nightingale
Screenwriter
Simon Powell
Director of Photography
David Le May
Sound
Hummingbird Sound
Composer
Gomez, Michael Kowalski
Principal cast
Lewis Marsh, Dan Shorten, Natalie Lewis, John Henshaw

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Friday Night Films

1st Floor
Beswick House
Beswick Row
Manchester M4 4LA
UK

T +44 (0)16 1833 9151

simon.powell@fridaynightfilms.co.uk

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