Project Detail

Waking David

Synopsis

Scarlett, a successful American health psychologist, passes through London for a conference. Yet her goal is to meet Amy, her hitherto unknown half-sister, and to find out about their father, David, who died 10 years earlier – and whom she’d never met. She spends the weekend with Amy and Amy’s mother, Julie. Scarlett soon finds that she is less than welcome in Julie’s household and that there is a wall of silence about David. Even so, during the course of the weekend, the relationship between Amy and Scarlett softens and they begin to accept each other. Amy starts to open up about David, revealing a caring father and husband. However, the same night, during dinner with the whole family, serious doubts are cast on the image of David that Amy had conveyed to Scarlett. As the evening progresses, Scarlett digs deeper. When the truth is finally revealed, it shatters the stability of the family, causing all of the family and Scarlett to reassess their relationship to one another.

Details

Year: 2017
Type of project: Features
Running time: 89 mins
Format: Digital HD
Director: Kevin Nash 1st Feature
Producer: Marilena Parouti
Editor: Julie Buckland
Screenwriter: Harriet Madeley, Kristy Bruce, Shane Bruce, Kevin Nash
Director of Photography: Lukas Demgenski
Production Designer: Riitta Hakkarainen
Sound: Michael Bates
Composer: Roly Witherow
Principal cast: Harriet Madeley, Kristy Bruce, Shane Bruce
Film Image: ©PaintLick Films 2016

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

PaintLick Films Ltd

Marilena Parouti

marilena@paintlickfilms.co.uk

Kevin Nash

kcnash@me.com

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