The Child and the saw

The child sleeps. It is the morning of her birthday. She chooses her favourite shoes and her special dress. She is nine years old today. A parcel arrives. The saw has come. They played and they played and played. And then the inevitable happened.

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Credits

co-director

Daniel Landin

Richard Heslop

production company

IKON (GB)

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1990

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303636

Language

English

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Great Britain

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1990

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