Talking with Angels
Synopsis
Set in 1970s Salford, amidst a forgotten landscape of decaying half demolished post war slums; 10-year-old Alan and his family make their way to the clinic for Mum's regular injection of Largactil, a torpifying drug intended to subdue her 'schizophrenic' inner voices and visions.
Alan takes upon himself the responsibility for holding his family together. He negotiates the two worlds his family inhabit: his mother's vivid inner world occupied by demons and angels, and the stark reality of everyday life haunted by poverty and the ever-present threat of the social services splitting up his family.
To others Alan's family is a world of 'spazos', of madness, neglect, and eccentricity - a dysfunctional family. To Alan, it is his family.
Details
- Year
- 2004
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running Time
- 18 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Yousaf Ali Khan
- Producer
- Janey De Nordwall, Michael Knowles
- Editor
- Nick Fenton
- Screenwriter
- Yousaf Ali Khan
- Director of Photography
- David Katznelson
- Sound
- Martin Folkes
- Music
- Andy Cowton
- Principal Cast
- Tracey Kearney, Stephen Buckley
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 7th September 2006
