Standing Woman (2021)
In a near-future time, the British government has come up with an environmentally friendly program that abolishes prisons. Criminals and undocumented immigrants are chemically transformed into trees and put on public display. A propaganda filmmaker is forced to question his work as he prepares to see his journalist wife be “planted” for crimes against the state. A grim and imaginative cautionary tale by British filmmaker Tony Hipwell, based on the short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui (PAPRIKA, THE GIRL WHO LEAPT THROUGH TIME).
Director:
Toni Hipwell
Writer:
Max Gee
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Amy Blake as Katie |
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Andrew Dunn as Postman |
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Gemma-Louise Keane as Louise |
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Joanne Mitchell as Sally |
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Yuriri Naka as Mari |
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Anton Thompson as Tom |
| Directing | Toni Hipwell | Director |
| Sound | Sakiko Sakuragi | Music |
| Editing | Luke Downing | Editor |
| Camera | Jenni Suitiala | Director of Photography |
| Production | Max Gee | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Lubos Jurik | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Waqar Shah | Sound Designer |
| Production | Toni Hipwell | Co-Producer |
| Sound | Liam Gilchrist | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Yasutaka Tsutsui | Short Story |
| Writing | Max Gee | Screenplay |