Dreams and Desires: Family Ties

Dreams and Desires: Family Ties

Dreams and Desires: Family Ties

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Dreams and Desires: Family Ties

2006

0h 10m

6.7(10 votes)

Animation

Overview

Beryl acquires a new Digi Video camera and becomes obsessed with the art of filmmaking, using it to articulate her desires, dreams and thoughts in a video diary. As “cineaste par excellence” she agrees to film her friend’s wedding, seizing the opportunity to “strut her stuff filmically” with disastrous and often hilarious results.

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4 members

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Menna Trussler

Beryl (voice)

Menna Trussler

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Rachel Atkins

Mandy (voice)

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Brendan Charleson

(voices)

Brendan Charleson

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Catrin Unwin

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