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Val

Synopsis

When Terry's wife Val succumbs to a strange disease which turns her into a chicken, the retiree goes on a road trip to save her and avoid the same mysterious fate.

Details

Year
2023
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 min 27 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Tom Mellors, Victor Mellors
Producer
Keelan Sumner-Hare, Samantha Gruskin
Editor
Tom Mellors, Victor Mellors
Screenwriter
Tom Mellors, Victor Mellors
Director of Photography
Oli Ledwith
Sound
Marcelo Veloz
Composer
Patrick Moore
Principal cast
J.P. Turner, Wendy Megeney

Genre

Action

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Street Wise Pictures

17 Commercial Road
Devizes
Wiltshire
SN10 1EH

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