Cotton Wool

2017-10-10

en 38m

Drama

A single mother suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter and 7-year-old son to care for her, testing the family's strength to hold things together as their roles are reversed.

Cinematography

Alan C. McLaughlin

Second Assistant Camera

Adam Kavanagh

Editor

Nicholas Connor

Production Design

Rhiannon Clifford

Producer

Mark Quinn

Production Assistant

Maxwell Boulton

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