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MARY

Director:

Dunyasha Althaus

Runtime:

00:07:49

Country:

Genre:

Student

FILM SYNOPSIS

When a young live-in nurse takes the elderly Peter into her care, she attempts to distract him from believing that his dead wife Mary is still alive, until she begins to feel her presence, too.

DIRECTOR SYNOPSIS

Dunyasha is a young filmmaker based in Switzerland. She studied film at the Arts University Bournemouth and cannot remember a time she wasn’t writing. As her graduation project she directed "The Ambrose Finch", which is only just beginning its festival run. She is currently developing her next film project in Switzerland.

She was inspired to write Mary after working in palliative care for several years.

CAST & CREW

Director & Writer: Dunyasha Althaus

Producer: Millie Luther

Key Cast:

Samantha Allison "Elisa"

Tim Fearon "Peter"