The Wasting
Synopsis
Sophie is on the brink of womanhood, in love for the first time, and fighting for her life. She’s anorexic, the result of a battle for control with her overbearing father Ilyas. He’s a chef; when she doesn’t eat, she hits him where it hurts.
Stuck in a West Midlands village far from her old friends, in a family that refuses to let her grow up and find her own way, refusing food is her only weapon, and her secret boyfriend Liam her only relief. When Sophie starts having nocturnal visits from a horrifying ghost, everyone she loves dismisses it, believing she’s having anorexic hallucinations. Her credibility lost, Sophie leans on Liam and they become ever more intimate. Suspicious Ilyas cracks down harder, while Sophie’s possessive mother is disturbed, sensing she may lose her virginity. Pressure builds, the anorexia and the attacks increase. Sophie’s life is on the line and a dark family secret surfaces as the battle of wills becomes a battle for survival.
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Details
- Year
- 2016
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 94 mins
- Format
- digital
- Director
- Carolyn Saunders 1st Feature
- Producer
- Jeanne Stromberg, Carolyn Saunders, Alan Hausegger
- Executive Producer
- Robert McVeigh, Cheryl Brown, Ian Lindberg
- Editor
- Diane Brunjes
- Screenwriter
- Carolyn Saunders
- Director of Photography
- Michal Wisniowski
- Production Designer
- Alan Hausegger
- Sound
- Pietro Giordano
- Music
- Matthew Chung, Marko Koumoulas
- Principal Cast
- Lauren McQueen, Gray O'Brien, Shelagh McLeod, Alexz Johnson, Sean Stevenson, Brendan Flynn
- Associate Producer
- Jenny Inchbald
- Assistant Directors
- Tom Pratt, Anna Tombacz
- Camera Assistants
- Rupert Peddle, Jack D'Souza-Toulson, Jake Williams
- Gaffer
- Bryan Gavigan
- Key Makeup
- Sian Leigh
- Makeup Assistant
- Alice Harman
- Casting
- Jane Frisby
- Head Wardrobe
- Ellen Rey de Castro
- Boom Operator
- Vince Blake
- Foley Artist
- John Sievert
- Special Effects
- Keith Hoult, Rob Mutch
- Stills Photographer
- Simon Q. Walden
- Driver
- Guy Inchbald
- Colourist
- Tony Manolikakis
- VFX
- Nick Fodor
- Sound Design
- Mark Shnuriwsky
- Supervising Sound Editor
- Janice Ierulli
- Re-recording Mixer
- Steph Carrier
- Dialogue Editor
- Heather Kirby
- Soundtrack
- Sarah Champion, Alexz Johnson, Nick Africano, Jessica Moore, Ohbijou, Kite Hill, Tactus
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 1st November 2016
