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Helen (Original title)
Dates: 2008 (Copyright), 01 May 2009 (Release)

Countries: United Kingdom, Ireland

Directed by: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor

Synopsis: Dramatic thriller. A loner called Helen is asked to help in the police reconstruction of the last moments of a missing teenager. Helen soon finds the missing girl's life filling the void in her own existence.

Genre:
Thriller
Releases
Date: 01 May 2009Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - DeLuxe - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 79 mins Dialogue (original): English

Credits (60)
©: Desperate Optimists, a Desperate Optimists production: Desperate Optimists, Presents: Arts Council England, Presents: NewcastleGateshead Initiative via Culture10, Presents: Dublin Docklands Development Authority, Presents: Birmingham City Council, Presents: Liverpool Culture Company, The Tyneside Cinema, With the participation of: Bord Scannán na hÉireann, Addtnl screening/distribution support: Culture Ireland, Addtnl screening/distribution support: Fierce Earth Limited, Screen West Midlands, [International Sales]: Desperate Optimists, Produced by: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Production Manager: Julie Lau, Location Manager: Neal L. Hirst, Location Manager: Andrew Cooke, Production Secretary: Lorna Barry, Assistant Director (1st): James Davison, Assistant Director (2nd): Alison Hopper, Script Editor: Ben Slater, Written by: Christine Molloy, Joe Lawlor, Director of Photography: Ole Birkeland, Focus Puller: Jason Walker, Clapper Loader: Chineknu Okoronkwo, Andrew O'Reilly, Gaffer (for Newcastle): Tony Cook, Grip: Chris McDonough, Grip: Mel Cannon, Image Editor: Christine Molloy, Titles: Cineimage, Camera and Grip: Panavision UK, Lighting: Panalux Limited, Film Stock: Kodak, Post House: Deluxe Laboratory Ltd, Negative Cutting: Cutting Edge, Filmed with: Panavision Cameras & Lenses, Prints by: DeLuxe, Original Music: Dennis McNulty, Sound Supervisor: Barnaby Templer, Sound Supervisor: Jake Roberts, Sound Mixer: Simon Gillman, Boom Operator: Mark Hinkley, Sound Post-production: Fonic, Re-recording Mixer: Graham Daniel, Adam Daniel, Re-recorded at: Point1Post, Off-line Sound Editor: Joe Lawlor, Sound Editor: Barnaby Templer, Sound Editor: Jake Roberts, Sound Editor: Robert Bourke, Dialogue Editor: J.M. Finch, Foley Artist: Sue Harding, Foley Recordist: Phillipe Chompi, Foley Editor: Phillipe Chompi, Dedicated to: Helen Lawlor
Cast (115)
Annie Townsend (Helen), Sandie Malia (Mrs Thompson), Denis Jobling (Mr Thompson), Sonia Saville (police officer Saville), Danny Groenland (Danny), Sheila Hamilton (personal adviser), Betty Ashe (key worker), Gavin Huscroft (drama teacher), Charlene James, Keith Saha (police officer), Marti Williams (Detective Williams), Maria Vishnjakova (hotel chambermaid), Eddie Hardy (college lecturer), Paul Graham (hotel manager), Anna Middleton, Sarah Miles (college student), Matthew Wesley, Mike Brown, David Simmons, Faye Marsay, Andy Moore, Katherine Downing, Martin Palmer, Kieron Hall, Mike Drew, Elizabeth G. Johnson, Lisa Barrett, Nicola Dempsey, David Mcdonald, P. Perez, Karen Mcleod, Yusuf Ashour, Joy Thompson, Emma Mallingham, Matt Offer, Alex Kinsey, Ife Barnes, Susha Corcino, Angelina Davis, Katie Edwards, Granvill Gianni, Steve Langton, Musauvir Malik, Leanne Smith, Eleni Venaki, Kylie Bond, Tessa Wilde, Steven Blackshaw, Emma Schofeld, Greg Tonkinson, James Mayman, Michael Lockhart, Emma Saunder, Grainne Gillespie, Arezu Tabarsi, David Kelly, Peter Kinley, Anne Howes, Rachel Posthuma, Catherine Jowett, Nicola Short, Simon Preston, Rose Blair, Amara Clarke, Tyquen Darby, Michael Ellis, Tina Jennings, Millie Langton, Ibrahim Mohamed, Natasha Ord, Sam Connor, Alex Clark, Olivia Hirst, Selina Farthing, Dionne Broadbent, Alex Bennett, Holly Reed Macrae, Eris Williams Reed, Charlene Maloney, Alexandra Fraser, Anthony Behan, Andrew Gledhill, Jan Rule, Sufiah Ashraf, Cariad Roberts, P.M. Payne, Rachel Falwardron, Steve Gibson, John Barnabas, Eunice Corcino, Laura Cutler, Shaneequa Darby, Adham Fisher, Barbera Jeffery, Michaela Lloyd, Roisin McCarron, Graeme Moore, Andrew Nye, Lauren Partridges, Omar Shaikin, Neela Steele, Shakeel Walimia, Andy Norton, Laurie Nye, Nikita Patel, Murray Sheran, Bethan Timmins, Sarah Richards, Ricardo Robinson, Susan Nye, Heather Nye, Terri Phillips, Ryan Stanley, Abdullah Walimia, Shannon Robinson