Project Detail

Typist Artist Pirate King

Synopsis

In a last-ditch mission to get recognition for her talent, a non-conformist, forgotten artist persuades her psychiatric nurse to take her on a road trip back to where her story began – but with so many deviations into the past along the way, will they ever make it?

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Features
Running time
105 min
Director
Carol Morley
Producer
Ameenah Ayub Allen, Cairo Cannon
Executive Producer
Jane Campion
Editor
Alex Mackie
Screenwriter
Carol Morley
Director of Photography
Agnès Godard
Production Designer
Janey Levick
Composer
Carly Paradis
Principal cast
Monica Dolan, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee

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Metro International Entertainment

1 Neal’s Yard
London WC2H 9ER
https://metro-films.com

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