Cheating Nature

Synopsis

JOSIE loses her lover JAMES in a car accident, and decides to break or bend whatever rules she has to to get him back. Haunted by memories of JAMES, JOSIE uses every means in her power to clone him.

When it looks as though she is failing, her grasp on reality falters and she becomes desperate. But then it seems she has succeeded after all, when she brings home a baby.

But babies just don't arrive from out of the blue, and despite JOSIE'S explanations, her sister, RUTH becomes suspicious. When RUTH reads a baby has been abducted she goes to the police, and despite JOSIE'S protests, the baby is taken away.

Solicitors and therapists try to get the 'truth' from JOSIE, who realises that her only way out is to confess to the abduction, again and again.

Years later JOSIE meets a young student, PAUL, who is uncannily like JAMES and before long they become lovers.

PAUL finds the photographs of JAMES which JOSIE had hidden away. He accuses her of using him to replace her old lover, but realises there is more to the situation than that. Disgusted with JOSIE, he leaves her, despite her protests, once again alone.

Details

Year

2001

Type of film

Features

Running Time

92 mins

Format

DigiBeta

Director

Pearl Howie

Producer

Pearl Howie

Editor

Pearl Howie

Screenwriter

Pearl Howie

Director of Photography

Bridget Bove

Principal Cast

Sonya Vine, Alastair Southey, Abigail Blackmore, Jane Thorne, Lily Jan Clark

Genre

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 26th November 2005