Matilda

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Synopsis

Matilda gives an insight into a little girls’ heart and soul after being let down by her father. The film tells us about the eleven year old Matilda, who, as a reaction to her father suddenly leaving the family, doesn't want to speak anymore.

Matilda's mother, her best friends and her teacher try hard to cheer her up again. With little surprises, presents, flowers and funny grimases, they want to convince her to speak again but it happens that none of their attempts are successful. Only the sudden appearance of Alberto, an old friend of Matilda, brings light and a little bit of magic into her life again. Can he cheer her up and bring back her courage?

Matilda introduces us into the world of a little girl that suffers from the sudden disappearance of her father. It seems incomprehensible to her that he left without explaining his reasons.

The film deals with a widely spread phenomenon, the sudden loss of a parent. What happens in the soul of a child that is abandoned without any explanation?

Matilda aims to catch a little girl’s reaction to her father leaving her in a sensitive and quiet way. The film shows how children hold together and how a close friend can manage to bring back some light into life again.

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Project Status

Matilda has been completed in September 2006 and is currently travelling her way across the world to capture different International Film Festivals.

She has already been succesfull, having been in the Official Selection of the New York Short Film Festival 2007. click here to view certificate.

Project Details

Producer:  Eliza Schroeder

Co-Producer:
Metropolitan Film School
Ealing Studios
Ealing Green
London W5 5EP
United Kingdom
Tel.: +44 20 82809119; info@metfilmschool.co.uk

Country of Production: United Kingdom
Year of Production: 2006
Director: Eliza Schroeder
Script: Eliza Schroeder
Director of Photography: Faye
Editing: Eliza Schroeder & Oliver Verschoyle
Sound: Marco Barion
Music: Charlie Verschoyle
Running time: 10:22 min.
Format: DVD, upon request Digital Betacam PAL
Original Language: English Language of subtitles: German

Cast
Matilda: Lara Schroeder
Emily: Tamsyn Mahmut
Clarissa: Stephanie Castello
Paul: Danny Hayes
Sam: Stuart Browne
Sarah (Matilda’s mother): Angela Kay
Mrs. Anderson (teacher): Dorothy Fitzgerald
Alberto (Clown): Mace Richards

Trailer & Outtakes: Julia Erler

Outtakes