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Urban Spiritual

Synopsis

Towards the end of her life Susan explores her relationship with her nineteen year old daughter Samantha. Throughout the film Susan is dying of cancer - although this is not expressed definitively to the audience. Although the main concern of the film is the mother-daughter interaction, a third character is imparted through the dialogue in the form of an absent father.
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Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins 47 secs
Format
DSLR
Director
Robert Williams
Producer
Robert Williams
Co-Producer
Marta Sala Font, Jack Allet, Kathryn Hamilton-Hall, Helen Williams
Editor
Ross Turner
Screenwriter
Robert Williams
Sound
Joe Bulmer, Leo Fawkes, Jesse Smith, Joe Tutt
Composer
Johann Johannsson
Principal cast
Kathryn Hamilton-Hall, Amy McCallum

Genre

Experimental Drama

Categories

Fiction Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Vaticinate Pictures

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