Short film
Private Life
2006 · 15 min
A quiet, restrained period short that keeps its secrets close, drawing you into a hushed encounter where nothing is quite as it appears.
- Directed by
- Abbe Robinson
- Starring
- Jana Carpenter, Andy Henderson, Lucy Liemann
- Overview
- Yorkshire, England 1952 Ruth Ackroyd leaves the monotony of her work at her father's textile mill on a Friday evening and secretly takes the train to Manchester. There, she meets a man on the platform, but all is not what it seems.
- How it feels
- Measured and needs your attention.
- About
- Identity, deception, isolation
- Content
- Mild sexual content. No violence, gore or swearing.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Directed by
- Abbe Robinson
- Starring
- Jana Carpenter, Andy Henderson, Lucy Liemann


