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Private Life

Country: United Kingdom, Language: English, 15 mins

  • Director: Abbe Robinson
  • Writer: Abbe Robinson
  • Producer: Tony Dixon; Maria Pablou

CGiii Comment

A huge amount of time and effort went into this...a most deserving Iris Prize winner.


Trailer...

Private Life (2006) from Heather Fenoughty on Vimeo.

The(ir) Blurb...

Yorkshire, England 1952 Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems.

Cast & Characters

Jana Carpenter as Maggie;
Andy Henderson as Matthew;
Lucy Liemann as Ruth Ackroyd;
Toby Sawyer as Louis