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Little Voices is s script written by Screen Academy Wales students tackling the isolation of deafness is to star Welsh-born deaf actor David Bower, best known for his role as David in Four Weddings and a Funeral. The Wrexham-born actor agreed to play the lead character Quint in a sensitively written film, the tale of a bereaved and isolated deaf man struggling to cope with losing his partner. Talent staring alongside David Bower includes, Rebecca Hurst, Claire Alberie and John Jenner.
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Written and directed by Chris McFall and produced by Chris Colton and Glen Biseker, the micro-budget film is the product of careful research into pre-linguistic deafness by the trio of postgraduate film students from the University of Glamorgan, a lead partner of Screen Academy Wales.
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'''''Little Voices''''' is a 2011 short student film that was directed and written by Christopher McFall.<ref>{{cite web|title=Student film for 'Four Weddings' deaf actor|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-10850007|publisher=BBC|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> The film was released on 23 March 2011 and stars [[David Bower]] as a deaf man struggling to cope with losing his partner.<ref>{{cite web|last=Cooper|first=Fiona|title=Four weddings actor in ex-Borden pupil's film|url=http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sittingbourne_messenger/news/2010/august/16/four_weddings_actor.aspx|publisher=Kent Online|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref> Filming took place during August 2010.<ref>{{cite web|title=Four Weddings actor stars in deafness film|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/lifestyle/showbiz/four-weddings-actor-stars-deafness-1903104|publisher=Wales Online|accessdate=4 March 2014}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
Little Voices has been embraced by the deaf community in the UK and worldwide and it is currently in post production.
Quint ([[David Bower]]) is a [[deaf-mute]] who has recently lost the love of his life. The death sends Quint reeling and he finds himself incapable of coping with this reality. The film spans a day in Quint's life and shows his obsession with [[typography]], as he imagines people speaking in subtitles.


==Cast==
http://www.screenacademywales.org/news/newsArticle-372.asp
*[[Clare Elizabeth Alberie]] as August (as Claire Alberie)
*[[David Bower]] as Quint
*[[Jon Griffin]] as Officer Clarendon
*[[Richard Highgate]] as Officer Walbaum (as Richard Roberts)
*[[Rebecca Hurst]] as June
*[[John Jenner (actor)|John Jenner]] as Officer Brody


==References==
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-10850007
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==External links==
* {{IMDb title|1833026}}

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Little Voices
Directed byChristopher McFall
Written byChristopher McFall
StarringClare Elizabeth Alberie, David Bower, Jon Griffin
CinematographyChristopher Lang
Edited byChristopher McFall
Release date
  • 23 March 2011 (2011-03-23)
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Little Voices is a 2011 short student film that was directed and written by Christopher McFall.[1] The film was released on 23 March 2011 and stars David Bower as a deaf man struggling to cope with losing his partner.[2] Filming took place during August 2010.[3]

Synopsis

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Quint (David Bower) is a deaf-mute who has recently lost the love of his life. The death sends Quint reeling and he finds himself incapable of coping with this reality. The film spans a day in Quint's life and shows his obsession with typography, as he imagines people speaking in subtitles.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ "Student film for 'Four Weddings' deaf actor". BBC. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  2. ^ Cooper, Fiona. "Four weddings actor in ex-Borden pupil's film". Kent Online. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Four Weddings actor stars in deafness film". Wales Online. Retrieved 4 March 2014.
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