Morning Glory
Synopsis
Life's a bitch and then you cry
Film details
- Year
- 2017
- Runtime
- 00:17:11
- Genre
- Drama
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Subtitles
- English, Español, Português, Français, العربية, 中文（简体）
Filmmaker's Note
Morning Glory is an exciting, colourful and bold coming of age short film about two best friends, Tanya and Candice, who are about to go their separate ways in order to embark on their careers for better or for worse.
Tanya is at a crossroads at her life and has just received the call she has waited months for to determine whether she has been accepted into the army. Tanya feels she has lost her purpose in life and wants to get away from the pressures and expectations of society, her family and her peers and this seems the only viable option for her to escape from it all. However, she faces risking her friendship with her best friend Candice for good.
'Morning Glory' is a film that is vibrant and fun yet thoughtful and provocative. It explores issues such as: homosexuality, gender roles, identity, being lost in the rat race of life and is a story that wanted to be told.
Credits
Director
- Robert Bertrand
Writers
- Robert Bertrand
Producers
- Robert Bertrand
About the filmmaker
When not still dreaming of being the WWE world heavyweight champion, Robert has acting and writing experience in theatre, film and TV in addition to his directing credentials. He spent two years training on the Second Light filmmaking scheme funded by the UK film council. As an actor, he has worked on productions such as BBC's Silent Witness, Austrian TV drama 'Der Swarze Lovre' and numerous short films. His theatre credits include performing at the Soho and Almedia Theatres working with playwrights such as Barrie Keefe and Roy Williams. Most recently he toured around Northern Ireland for the theatre production Arrivals 2 produced by Terra Nova Productions. As a writer, Robert has previously won a prize at the ACT One Act playwrighting competition for his play 'titled' Roulette . He has been part of the young writers programme at the Royal Court Theatre and as a director, Robert has directed and produced music videos, club promos and corporate videos for clients such as Barclays and HSBC.
