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Dead Dad Girl

Original title
Dead Dad Girl
Country
Belgium, Luxembourg
Language
English
Genre
Dark comedy
Logline

A teenage girl stuffs her dead father's body in a freezer in order to stay popular at school.

Synopsis

Don't worry, the girl's not dead. She's alive and well. The dad is dead though. Like, hidden-in-a-freezer dead. Memphis (17) had to put him there after he died from a heart attack in order to keep her spot with the cool kids at school.

More info about the project
Main country of production

Luxembourg

Subjects:
Friendship, Social status, Belonging, Coming of age, Child in a grown ups role, Loneliness, Sex, Humour, Abuse, Grief, Sexuality, Child parent relationships, Pop culture, Isolation, Partying, Feel good, Intergenerational conflict, Drugs, Youth, Death

Director
Stephen Korytko
Screenwriter
Alexia Verbeke
Cinematographer
Anselm Havu
Cast
Mabel Thomas, Luc Schiltz, Sophie Mousel
Editing
Stephen Korytko
Producer
Bernard Michaux, John Altschuler, Dave Krinsky
Co-producer
Benoît Roland
Representative
Bernard Michaux, Stephen Korytko, John Altschuler
Production
Samsa Film
Co-production
Wrong Men
Project Status
Post-production
Completion date
Budget
2935250 €
Looking for
festivals, sales agent, distributors
Duration
84
Contact name
Bernard Michaux
Contact email
samsa@samsa.lu