Mixed animation and live action techniques tell the stories of those with a schizophrenic parent, childhood scenes in which everyday events gradually tip over into idiosyncratic behaviour and finally madness. A highly personal film that also reflects diverse and shared experiences, by the acclaimed director of The Man with the Beautiful Eyes.
Also in this combined programme
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Billy’s Wake
Film elegy resonates with the distortions of memory, guilt and lost time, full of longing for the kind of youthful exuberance that can bubble over… -
Mama, Look
Competing with her mother’s boyfriend and their new baby for attention, a neglected seven-year-old girl slips into violence. -
About a Girl
A burbling stream of conscientiousness by a working-class teenager (the superb Ashley Thewlis) recounts scenes from her life in the North of England. -
Home Road Movies
About a shy and clumsy father, who thinks that a family car will turn him into a better parent. -
Field
An elegant, abstracted expression of provincial life in which ordinary everyday details become frozen and magnified. -
Film details
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 2001
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2002
- Length
- 8'
- Medium/Format
- 35mm