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Synopsis

Howard drives his partner Joseph to hospital to undergo a high risk operation. The intimacy of the car, alongside a long forgotten mix tape, sees the masculinity of their forty-year relationship start to yield.

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 min 10 sec
Format
16mm
Director
Thom Petty
Producer
Margaret Milner Schmueck
Executive Producer
Natasha Wilson
Editor
Trace Taylor
Screenwriter
Thom Petty
Director of Photography
Barbara van Schaik
Production Designer
Adam Whitehouse
Sound
Andrew Layfield
Composer
Thom Petty
Principal cast
Paul Copley, Ian Gelder, Liz Fletcher
Film website
www.lostnortherner.com/ticker

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Production Status

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Split Second Films

Margaret Milner Schmueck
The Manor House
33 Station Road
Irthlingborough
Northants
NN9 5SP

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