Helen (2008)
An 18 year old girl called Joy has gone missing. Another girl called Helen is a few weeks away from leaving her care home. Helen is asked to 'play' Joy in a police reconstruction that will retrace Joy's last known movements. Joy had everything. A loving family, a boyfriend, a bright future. Helen, parent-less, has lived in institutions all her life and has never been close to anyone. Gradually Helen begins to immerse herself into the role, visiting the people and places that Joy knew; quietly and carefully insinuating her way into the lost girl's life. But is Helen trying to find out what happened to Joy that day, or is she searching for her own identity?
- Date of release
- 2008-06-19
- TMDB
- 5.3 / 10 (16)
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy
Casting
- Annie Townsend — Helen
- Sandie Malia — Mrs Thompson
- Dennis Jobling — Mr Thompson
- Sonia Saville — Police Officer Saville
- Danny Groenland — Danny
- Sheila Hamilton — Personal Advisor
- Betty Ashe — Key Worker
- Gavin Huscroft — Drama Teacher
- Keith Saha — Police Officer
- Marti Williams — Detective Williams
- Maria Vishnjakova — Hotel Chambermaid
- Middleton Anna — College Student
Interesting facts
Helen is a 2008 drama film by Desperate Optimists,, and was the first feature film made through their production company Desperate Optimists Productions. It is often spoken of as an expansion or companion piece to their short film Joy.
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