Project Detail

Tortoise

Synopsis

Two teenage brothers reach tipping point with their violent, emotionally damaged father. They decide to leave, without anything but each other and a little hope. Tortoise is a brutal, reflective thriller played out on some less trodden and windswept shore of England.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
15 mins 8 secs
Format
16mm
Director
Andy Bloom
Producer
Steve Ackhurst
Executive Producer
Mark Foligno
Editor
Melanie Leblond
Screenwriter
Andy Bloom
Director of Photography
Malcolm McLean
Production Designer
Richard Maris
Sound
James Kenning
Composer
Peter Morris
Principal cast
Matthew Kelly, Tom Hughes, Rob Ostlere

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Peripety Ltd

The Coach House
19 Crescent Grove
London SW4 7AF
UK

T +44 (0)7956 364 387

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