The Practicality of Magnolia
Isobel is a recently widowed woman in her sixties. One day, while tending to her garden, she receives the visit of an out-of-breath young man who is looking for a room to rent. He is quick to admit that he hasn't any money. Isobel suggests that he can pay for the room by repainting the house--she can't stand the magnolia color anymore. It's one way of making a clean break with the past and start anew. To the young man's surprise, the paint cans are already there, waiting: orange, blue, red, yellow, violet. As the house changes colors, the two people grow closer to one another. But each still harbors a secret. The young man's strange past returns bit by bit and a car accident provides a clue to Isabel's secret. No sooner is the paint job completed then the police provide a conclusion and a terrible truth.
United Kingdom - 2002 - 25 mn - Betacam Digital - Colour
Director
Clara Glynn
Script
Raymond Soltysek
Camera
Oliver Cheesman
Editing
Chris Barwell
Music
Sally Beamish
Cast
Sheila Hancock, Stephen Duffy
and the voice of
Brian Cox
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Production
Hopscotch Films Ltd.,
Film City Glasgow, 401 Govan Road,
G51 2QJ Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
Tél : +44 141 334 5576
E-mail : hopscotch@zoom.co.uk
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Sales
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G2 4QE Glasgow, Royaume-Uni
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