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DIRECTOR: Simon Fitzmaurice

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PRODUCTION COMPANY: Newgrange Pictures Kennedy Films

PRODUCER: Kathryn Kennedy Lesley McKimm

CAST: Evanna Lynch Michael Smiley George Webster

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On her 16th birthday, Emily escapes from her foster home and with the help of Arden, the boy who loves her, she sets out to find her father Robert, a visionary writer locked up in a psychiatric institution.

Funding Information

Irish Film Board: €35,000 in Q1 2016

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