NUCLEAR
synopsis
An allegorical story of the dividing line between reality and unreality, Nuclear is about a young girl losing the protection of her mother, forced to navigate a hostile world alone. Following an act of violence committed by her own brother, Emma escapes with her mother and finds refuge in an isolated retreat in the shadow of a nuclear power station. Fearful that the brother will return to continue his act of violence, Emma has to confront her own ghosts and her own guilt in order to be free of her toxic family.
international title: | Nuclear |
original title: | Nuclear |
country: | United Kingdom |
year: | 2019 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Catherine Linstrum |
film run: | 92' |
screenplay: | Catherine Linstrum, David-John Newman |
cast: | Emilia Jones, Sienna Guillory, Oliver Coopersmith, George MacKay, Noriko Sakura, Steven Waddington |
cinematography by: | Crystel Fournier |
film editing: | Stephen Boucher |
art director: | Humphrey Jaeger |
costumes designer: | Jeffrey Michael |
music: | Stephen McKeon |
producer: | Stella Nwimo |
executive producer: | Adam Partridge, Mary Burke, Jim Reeve, Paul Higgins, Gwawr Martha Lloyd |
line producer: | Deborah Aston |
production: | Yellow Nuclear Ltd |
backing: | Ffilm Cymru Wales (UK) |