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Helen

Ireland, United Kingdom

2008

79 Min
Color
2.35:1
English
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DIR Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy

PROD Joe Lawlor

SCR Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy, Ben Slater

DP Ole Bratt Birkeland

CAST Annie Townsend, Sandie Malia, Dennis Jobling, Sonia Saville, Danny Groenland, Sheila Hamilton, Betty Ashe, Gavin Huscroft

ED Christine Molloy

MUSIC Dennis McNulty

SOUND Jake Roberts, Barnaby Templer

Edinburgh (British Gala), Ghent, Telluride, London (British Cinema), BAFICI, Rotterdam (Bright Future), Vancouver (Cinema of Our Time), CPH PIX

Synopsis

An 18 year old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. 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. But is Helen trying to find out what happened to Joy that day, or is she searching for her own identity? –Visit Films

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Clare Fillingham

1Apr10

Slow paced and a thought provoking film about identity. I found myself wanting the idea to be explored further. What would have happened if Joy had come back?

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By Ehansen​46 on September 25, 2009

Helen is a very slow paced yet engrossing film. Some reviews have said the acting is poor and lets the film down but it’s quite clear from the dialogue that this was intentional.

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