Completed - ENGLISH - Drama - 24 minutes
A life affirming film about aspergers, anime and pretending to be normal
Year of production : 2016 Director(s) : Rebekah FORTUNE Writer(s) : Barry LEWIS Cast : Peter LLOYD, Elinor MACHEN-FORTUNE, John DRAYCOTT, Jo BALL, Zoe CROFT, Clare CAGE, Ellie BINDMAN, Kelsey WILLIAMS, Melissa SANGER, Leila NAURO Producer(s) : Karen NEWMAN
Squidge a quirky teenager with aspergers struggles to be understood by her family and schoolmates. Perceived as weird she is ostracised becoming increasingly lonely and withdrawn. Her only outlet is her love of Anime and Manga which she draws in order to express her feelings.Then she meets 50 year old Louie, suffering from agoraphobia Louie never leaves his house but he can see that Squidge is special.As a bond between them develops, the outside world begins to question the motives of the middle aged loner and his pretty schoolgirl friend
Country(ies) : UNITED KINGDOM