Helen
Synopsis
An 18 year old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. Helen is asked to play Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace her last known movements. Joy had everything. A loving family, a boyfriend, a bright future. Helen, parentless, has lived in institutions all her life and has never been close to anyone. Gradually Helen begins to immerse herself into the role, visiting the people and places that Joy knew; quietly and carefully insinuating her way into the lost girl's life. But is Helen trying to find out what happened to Joy that day, or is she searching for her own identity?
Helen is the debut feature by award-winning short film directors Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 79 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor 1st Feature
- Producer
- Joe Lawlor
- Editor
- Christine Molloy
- Screenwriter
- Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
- Director of Photography
- Ole Birkeland
- Sound
- Simon Gillman
- Music
- Dennis McNulty
- Principal Cast
- Annie Townsend, Sandie Malia, Dennis Jobling, Sonia Saville, Danny Groenland
Genre
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 29th January 2009
