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Deep Down (2002)
 

Courtesy of Christin Cockerton

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35mm, colour, 11 mins
 
DirectorChristin Cockerton
Production CompaniesChristin Cockerton, Dinedor Films
ScreenplayChristin Cockerton
PhotographyAndrew Boulter
MusicPhil Nicholl

Cast: Helen McCrory (Dana), Sylvia Syms (Vera), Martin Hyder (funeral director), Derram Attfield (priest)

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A dutiful daughter waits impatiently for her oppressive mother to die.

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The reason for the daughter's on-going submission to her mother's will is the desire to have the one beautiful dress her mother owns, which will be hers when the mother dies. This funny and tragic tale reveals, through a series of brief encounters, the daughter's obsession with the dress, until finally the mother dies and leaves a request in her will to be buried in the dress.

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SEE ALSO
Syms, Sylvia (1934-)