Country: UK, Ireland
Year: 2008
Duration: 79'
An 18-year-old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called “Helen is an attempt to draw a portrait of a deeply complex young
Helen is asked to play Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace
Joy’s 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.
woman. This complexity exists in all of us but so often teenagers
are not seen or portrayed in such a way. Given her personal history she
is also intensely private. We rarely see her showing how she really feels.
This emotional restraint is at the heart of the film and leads to an
introspective world in which the story unfolds. Helen is a gentle and
tender story of a girl struggling to discover who she is as she starts her
adult life.”
Biography
film director
Joe Lawlor
Over the past four years Joe Lawlor has been working with Christine Molloy on
a project called Civic Life, that involved local community groups in the
production of nine high-quality short films for the cinema, shot on 35mm making extensive use of the long take. In 2004, their film Who Killed Brown Owl won the award for Best British Short Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2008 their latest short film Joy won the Prix UIP Rotterdam at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Helen is the culmination of the Civic Life series.
FILMOGRAFIA
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor:
Who Killed Brown Owl (cm, 2004), Moore Street (cm, 2004), Revolution (cm, 2004), Twilight (cm, 2005), Town Hall (cm, 2005), Now We Are Grown up (cm, 2006), Leisure Centre (cm, 2006), Daydream (cm, 2006), Joy (cm, 2008), Helen (2008).
Christine Molloy
Over the past four years Christine Molloy has been working with on Joe Lawlor
a project called Civic Life, that involved local community groups in the
production of nine high-quality short films for the cinema, shot on 35mm making extensive use of the long take. In 2004, their film Who Killed Brown Owl won the award for Best British Short Film at the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In 2008 their latest short film Joy won the Prix UIP Rotterdam at the International Film Festival Rotterdam. Helen is the culmination of the Civic Life series.
FILMOGRAFIA
Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor:
Who Killed Brown Owl (cm, 2004), Moore Street (cm, 2004), Revolution (cm, 2004), Twilight (cm, 2005), Town Hall (cm, 2005), Now We Are Grown up (cm, 2006), Leisure Centre (cm, 2006), Daydream (cm, 2006), Joy (cm, 2008), Helen (2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia, produttori/directors, producers Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Ben Slater
fotografia/cinematography Ole Birkeland
montaggio/film editing Christine Molloy
musica/music Dennis McNulty
suono/sound Barnaby Templer, Jake Roberts
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Annie Townsend (Helen), Sandie Malia (signora/Mrs Thompson), Dennis Jobling (signor/Mr Thompson), Danny Groenland (Danny)
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Desperate Optimist Production
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Ben Slater
fotografia/cinematography Ole Birkeland
montaggio/film editing Christine Molloy
musica/music Dennis McNulty
suono/sound Barnaby Templer, Jake Roberts
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Annie Townsend (Helen), Sandie Malia (signora/Mrs Thompson), Dennis Jobling (signor/Mr Thompson), Danny Groenland (Danny)
produzione, vendita all’estero/production, world sales Desperate Optimist Production
