Puffball (Original title)
Dates: 2006 (Copyright), 18 July 2008 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, IrelandDirected by: Nicolas Roeg
Synopsis: Drama. After relocating to rural Ireland, a young couple discover their neighbours are involved in witchcraft, and have taken a disconcerting interest in their unborn child.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Female fertility, Building conversions, Witchcraft, Countryside
Dates: 2006 (Copyright), 18 July 2008 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, Canada, IrelandDirected by: Nicolas Roeg
Synopsis: Drama. After relocating to rural Ireland, a young couple discover their neighbours are involved in witchcraft, and have taken a disconcerting interest in their unborn child.
Genre: Drama
Subjects: Female fertility, Building conversions, Witchcraft, Countryside
Credits
(141)
©/Presented by: UK Film Council, ©: Puffball Stories, ©: Puffball Productions, Grand Pictures 8, Production Company: Tall Stories, Production Company: Amérique Film (Montreal), Production Company: Grand Pictures, Production Company: Dan Films, Presented by: Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Presented by/Prod with participation of: Téléfilm Canada, Presented by: NIFTC - Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission, Presented by/Prod with participation of: SODEC, Presented in association with: Wild Bunch, Presented in association with: Verve Pictures, Presented in association with: TVA Films, TMN - The Movie Network, International Sales Agent: Wild Bunch, Made w/support of investment incentive: Government of Ireland, Made with the support of: Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Filmed on loc'n with the assistance of: Bord Scannán na hÉireann Regional Support Fund, Produced with the participation of: Quebec Film and Television Tax Credit, Made with the support of: UK Film Council New Cinema Fund, Produced with the participation of: Cinemein/ABC, Developed with the assistance of: FilmFour, Developed with the assistance of: Cornwall Films, Developed with the assistance of: British Screen Finance, Ateliers du Cinéma Européen, Executive Producer: Paul Trijbits, Made with the support of: UK Film Council New Cinema Fund, UK Film Council Development Fund, Producer: Julie Baines, Producer: Michael Garland, Producer: Martin Paul-Hus, Producer: Dan Weldon, Producer: Ben Woolford, Co-producer: Peter Measroch, Co-producer: Paul Donovan, Line Producer: Helen Murray, Production Executive (Dan Films): Jonathan Taylor, Production Executive (Tall Stories): Tishna Molla, Production Executive (Grand Pictures): Ailish McElmeel, For Irish Film Board (Chief Executive): Simon Perry, For Irish Film Board (Business Affairs): Teresa Mcgrane, For UKFC (Senior Production Executive): Emma Clarke, For UKFC (Senior Business Aff's Exec): Natalie Bass, Claire Warnes, For UKFC (Head of Production Finance): Vince Holden, For UKFC (Production Accountant): Andrea Mathuis, For NIFTC (Chief Executive): Richard Williams, For NIFTC (Head of Production): Andrew Reid, For NIFTC (Head of Finance): Linda Martin, For NIFTC (Legal Services): Damian McParland, Millar McCall Wylie, For NIFTC (Funding Programmes Manager): Elsie Brown, For NIFTC (Funding Programmes Admin): Susie Wright, For NIFTC (Production Co-ordinator): Ann Quinn, Production Co-ordinator: Aoife Cassidy, Production Co-ordinator: Michelle Fennessy, Production Accountant: Suzanne Mcauley, Location Manager: Chris Patterson, Location Manager: Paddy McCarney, Location Finder: Miriam Coleman, Post-production Supervisor: Peter Measroch, Creative Consultant: Harriet Harper, Production Assistant: Declan Reynolds, 2nd Unit Director: Dan Weldon, Assistant Director (1st): Barbara Mulcahy, Assistant Director (2nd): Susan Drennan, Assistant Director (3rd): Owen Magee, Script Supervisor: Renée Foley Burke, Casting Director: Celestia Fox, Casting (Dublin): Maureen Hughes, Casting (Belfast): Patrick Duncan, Screenplay by: Dan Weldon, Based on the novel by: Fay Weldon, Script Consultant: Emmanuel Oberg, Director of Photography: Nigel Willoughby, Additional Internal Photography: N.G. Smith, 2nd Unit Camera Operator: Conor Hammond, Focus Puller: Ben Chads, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Alysia Maciejowska, Mark Byrne, Clapper Loader: Louise McEllin, Gaffer: Rocky Evans, Key Grip: Ian Buckley, Video Assist: Dan Castella, Neil Hodgkinson, Unit Art and VFX Photography: Michael Woods, Visual Effects by: Moskito, Moskito (Visual Effects Supervisor): Richard Ostiguy, Moskito (Visual Effects Designer): John Tate, Special Effects: Team FX, Special Effects: Brendan Byrne, Model Maker: Lana Locke, Editor: Tony Palmer, Assistant Editor: Paul Berry, Trainee Assistant Editor: Statten Roeg, Production Designer: Anna Rackard, Art Director: Aeveen Fleming, Assistant Art Director: Francis Taaffe, Set Decorator: Sarah Kingston, Prop Buyer: Sarah Kingston, Prop Master: Alan Harvey, Construction Manager: Nicky MacManus, Costume Designer: Lorna Marie Mugan, Costume Supervisor: Annette Marie Allen, Wardrobe Assistant: Patch Corcoran, Make-up/Hair Designer: Valerie Butler, Make-up/Hair Supervisor: Jo Evans, Colour Timing 2K: Marc Lussier, Digital Intermediate: Vision Globale, Citélab, Film Stock Supplied by: Kodak Motion Picture Film, Camera/Lighting Equipment Supplied by: Arri Media, The Production Depot, Music Composed by: Chris Crilly, Music Composed by: Delphine Measroch, Thierry Gauthier, Music Editor: Hayden Whiting, Sound Design/Supervision: Raymond Vermette, Sound Recordist: Mike Shoring, Boom Operator: Stephen Mcloughlin, Boom Operator: Paul Maynes, Re-recording Mixer: Gavin Fernandes, Stéphane Bergeron, Post-production Sound Co-ordinator: Jacinthe Paiement, Dialogue Editor: Guy Pelletier, Sound Illustrations: Guy Pelletier, Sound Illustration Vocals: Emmanuelle Orange-Parent, Sound Effects Editor: Antoine Morin, ADR Supervisor: Raymond Vermette, ADR Editor: Guy Pelletier, Foley Artist: Tchae Measroch, Foley Recordist: Jo Caron, Stunt Co-ordinator: Donal O'Farrell, Dolby Sound Consultant: Steve F.B. Smith, Animal Handler: Fircroft Kennels, Unit Publicist: Pete Daly, EPK: Dan Castella, Neil Hodgkinson
Cast
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Kelly Reilly (Liffey Lambert), Miranda Richardson (Mabs), Rita Tushingham (Molly), Donald Sutherland (Lars), William Houston (Tucker), Oscar Pearce (Richard), Tina Kellegher (Carol), Leona Igoe (Audrey), Caoimhe Gilsenan (Becky), Laoise Gilsenan (Juliet), Pat Deery (Dr Holmes), Diane Montgomery (young Molly), Ron Daniels (Molly's husband), Julie Kinsella (radiologist), Suzanne Mcauley (radiologist 2), Elaine Gormley (nurse), Declan Reynolds (estate agent), Cheryl Rock, Brendan Quigley (cottage buying couple), Robbie (Molly's dog)