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The Tenement Ghost

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The Twisty-Headed Man Company ©2011

Synopsis

In the aftermath of World War 1, an expectant bride from a well-to-do family marries her young lover. No happy-ever-after tale this, and The Tenement Ghost draws us swiftly into a sordid world of violence and despair. Yes, it begins well enough, the couple embarking on a grand European honeymoon, but the groom's thirst for alcohol is shortly apparent.

Returning to begin their new life together, the bride finds her efforts to nurture the marriage thwarted by her husband's excessive drinking. He dominates the relationship but spirals into alcoholism, his arrogance and self-loathing manifest in physical and emotional violence. Her rapid transition from starry-eyed bride to battered wife is marked by the appearance of a ghostly apparition and, though we are never sure whether this spectre is real or simply a fantasy borne of her brutal situation, its appearances become more frequent as her personality disintegrates.

The death of their unborn child pushes her ever closer to the edge of sanity until the ghostly visitor's promptings finally impel her into a last desperate attempt to free herself from torment, bringing the Tenement Ghost to its ghastly and appalling climax. http://www.tenementghost.co.uk

Details

Year
2011
Type of film
Features
Running Time
51 mins 40 secs
Format
HD
Director
Thomas Cochrane 1st Feature
Producer
Thomas Cochrane
Co-Producer
Thomas Cochrane, John Carruthers
Editor
Thomas Cochrane
Screenwriter
Thomas Cochrane, John Carruthers
Director of Photography
Thomas Cochrane
Production Designer
Alan Tanner
Music
Fred Wilkinson
Principal Cast
Frances Rowan, Barry Ward
Assistant to Director
Elizabeth Duffy

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 29th June 2011

Production Company

Twisty-Headed Man Comapny
3/2, 150 Butterbiggins Road
Glasgow G42 7AF
UK

T +44 (0)141 585 8581

contact@twistyhead.co.uk
http://www.tenementghost.co.uk

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Company

Twisty-Headed Man Comapny.
3/2, 150 Butterbiggins Road
Glasgow G42 7AF
UK

T +44 (0)141 585 8581

contact@twistyhead.co.uk
http://www.tenementghost.co.uk