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Her Story No. 2: Hush Little Baby

2018 · 15 min

A tense, emotionally raw visit that slowly unravels a painful family secret.

Directed by: Camille Hollett-French
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Camille Hollett-French, Bill MacDonald, Heather Allin

Overview: In this unfolding of a strained father-daughter relationship, Lacey, a young mother, visits her father Richard in a maximum-security penitentiary where he's serving a sentence for luring and attempting to have sex with a child. Lacey maintains a strong front until she finds herself with questions about Richard's past, ones that he can't get away from with answers she doesn't know how to handle. Lacey then sees something that shakes her to the core, forcing her to make a decision that will change their lives forever...

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Directed by: Camille Hollett-French
Genres: Crime, Drama
Starring: Camille Hollett-French, Bill MacDonald, Heather Allin

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
guilt
morality
betrayal
trauma
Places: prison
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	8
Romance	0
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	9

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Genres: crime, drama
Directed by: Camille Hollett-French
Written by: Camille Hollett-French
Starring: Camille Hollett-French, Bill MacDonald, Heather Allin, Natalie Charles, Chala Hunter, Ellie O'Brien, Glen Reid, Dimitri Vantis
Runtime: 15 min
Country: Canada
Languages: English

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