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The Wrong Flowers

Synopsis

Set in the 1940s the film is based on a poem by Brenda Cook, an artist with learning difficulties. The film explores Brenda's early experiences and relationships. Brenda creates a fantasy world and refuses to allow her individuality to be dimmed.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 mins 33 secs
Format
16mm, DigiBeta, Fuji, Kodak
Director
Nicola Williams
Producer
Josephine Lanyon
Executive Producer
Josephine Lanyon
Editor
Andy Moss
Screenwriter
Nicola Williams, Brenda Mary Cook
Director of Photography
Nicola Williams, Will Pugh
Sound
Graham Hogg (Oggy)
Composer
Johnny Mussen
Principal cast
Brenda Mary Cook, Lucy Hayman-Hart, Peter Sinclair

Genre

Experimental Woman Director

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Picture This Moving Image

Spike Island Studio, Sydney Row
Bristol BS1
UK

T +44 (0)117 925 7010

info@picturethis.demon.co.uk

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