Project Detail

Yellow

Synopsis

Yellow explores that disturbing combination of naiveté and power possessed by pre-pubescent children. When the car breaks down next to a rape field on a family outing, Natalie, a seven year old girl, takes the car keys and disappears into the sea of yellow flowers. When her mother's boyfriend follows, he finds himself far from the road confronting a naked girl and a deeply uncomfortable situation reaches a climax.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 13 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Simon Beaufoy and Billie Eltringham
Producer: Mark Blaney
Director of Photography: Mary Farbrother
Principal cast: Ray Winstone, Tracey Wilkinson and Nicola Bland
Screen Writers: Simon Beaufoy and Billie Eltringham

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Footprint Films www.footprintfilms.co.uk

Sales Company

BFI Films 21 Stephen Street, London W1P 2LN Tel: 020 7255 1444 Fax: 020 7580 5830 E Mail: andrea.klein@bfi.org.uk

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