James Gardner – Jellyfish #RomaFF13

October 24, 2018

PODCAST| Nicolò Comotti interviews James Gardner, director of the film Jellyfish.

James Gardner tells us the reasons and inspirations that led to the making of his first feature Jellyfish. Jellyfish stars the young and talented Liv Hill as Sarah Taylor, a young carer that finds the cure against her grotesquely tough life in stand-up comedy.

Jellyfish: Fifteen-year-old Sarah Taylor exists in the eye of the storm. The sole caretaker of her family, including precocious twin siblings and a manic-depressive mother who spends most of her time in bed, Sarah runs from school to home to work each and every day. Yet, despite her Herculean efforts to put food on the table and keep the electricity on, she is still forced to engage with more dehumanizing ways to make a few extra bucks-so it’s no wonder that her back is up among her peers at school. Jellyfish tells the story of Sarah’s discovery of an unexpected outlet for her frustration and quick-tempered wit: stand-up comedy. First-time feature film director James Gardner paints a dark and hard-edged picture of life in this grey seaside British town, and, in newcomer Liv Hill, he uncovers a revelatory talent. Thanks to her fiercely evocative and vulnerable depiction of Sarah, Hill gives the audience truly remarkable insight into a young woman living a life far beyond her years.

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James Gardner Nicolò Comotti

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