Project Detail

Wasted

Synopsis

Wasted is an uncompromising and gritty film about two young lovers, Connor, a 17-year old street working male prostitute and his girlfriend Suzanne, a 16-year-old street-working prostitute. It is a picture of love and its pitiable fate in a loveless and harsh environment where the atmosphere is too sharp for even the tenderest of human life. An unforgettable, uplifting love story of 2 young people who cling to each other for hope and survival.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Features
Running time: 105 mins approx
Format: shot on P2 camera
Director: Caroline Paterson, Stuart Davids
Producer: Execs Carole Sheridan, Ewan Angus, David Hayman
Co-Producer: Execs Carole Sheridan, Ewan Angus, David Hayman
Editor: James Hamilton, Phyllis Ironside
Screenwriter: Caroline Paterson, Stuart Davids
Director of Photography: Lol Crawley
Production Designer: Stephen Bryce
Sound: Kenny Allan
Composer: Jim Sutherland
Principal cast: Neil Leiper, Emma Hartley Miller, Kate Dickie, Paul Thomas Hickey, Alan Tripney, David Hayman

Genre

Scottish Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Wasted Productions Ltd

52 Otago Street
Glasgow G12 8PG
UK

griffin.wendy8@gmail.com

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