Jane Gull on Stephen Brandon: 'I just got to spend a lot of time with him and bring elements of his personality to the character.' Photo: Courtesy of Eiff
Jane Gull’s My Feral Heart is the story of an independent man, Luke (Stephen Brandon) who has been caring for his mother. The catch is that he has Down’s syndrome, so when she passes away, he finds himself forced to adjust to life in a group home, forging friendships and making an unusual discovery when out walking in the fields nearby. The film is, for the most part, a warm character study that considers Luke as a fully rounded person rather than someone who is merely defined by his disability – and calls his own prejudices into question.
Gull’s film – scripted by Duncan Paveling – is her feature debut, and though she wrote all but one of her short film scripts herself,...
Jane Gull’s My Feral Heart is the story of an independent man, Luke (Stephen Brandon) who has been caring for his mother. The catch is that he has Down’s syndrome, so when she passes away, he finds himself forced to adjust to life in a group home, forging friendships and making an unusual discovery when out walking in the fields nearby. The film is, for the most part, a warm character study that considers Luke as a fully rounded person rather than someone who is merely defined by his disability – and calls his own prejudices into question.
Gull’s film – scripted by Duncan Paveling – is her feature debut, and though she wrote all but one of her short film scripts herself,...
- 11/4/2016
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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