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The Absent Carer

Logline: A serious carer goes through her job on auto pilot until she makes her elderly patient laugh.

Caroline, a middle-aged emotionally detached carer goes through the day on auto-pilot. When she makes a mistake and breaks a plate, her disabled elderly patient, Olivia, reaches out to her, seeing her distress.
When Olivia gets Caroline to tell her a joke and explodes in laughter, the serious carer realises the importance of human interaction. She then decides to re-build a bond with her ill bed-ridden mother.

  • Laetitia Cazaux
    Director
  • Laetitia Cazaux
    Writer
  • Laetitia Cazaux
    Producer
  • Natasha Estelle
    Key Cast
    "Caroline"
  • Carolyn Pertwee
    Key Cast
    "Olivia "
  • Francesca Costa
    Key Cast
    "Mrs Bates"
  • Nathalie Ferreira
    Key Cast
    "Rosie"
  • SHAKA AGINA
    cinematographer
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 16 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 11, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    2,400 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    2:39
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 3rd Mental Health Mindscope Festival
    Pune
    India
    November 23, 2018
Director Biography - Laetitia Cazaux

Laetitia is a French filmmaker living in London. Passionate about films since she was a teenager, she studied Films in Paris before packing her bags to move to England and undertaking an MA in Film Production at Salford University. Pursuing her goal to be a film director ever since, she’s written and directed several short films in France and in England while setting up her own video services business and working in front of the camera and behind as an assistant director, camera operator and editor.

She especially likes making simple stories focused on characters in the hope that it can touch people. She has now started to work on her first feature film script.

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Director Statement

The film is about old age, loneliness and the different facets of caregiving.
Through this story, I want to show the importance of human interaction, of sharing and of enjoying the present moment whatever the future may bring. Through the all female cast, I wanted to convey the strength and emotional control women have to display to protect themselves sometimes and keep strong for other people while challenging their feminine sensitivity.

I find it important to add a bit of lightness, of laughter, of positivity in the middle of a drama. It's something very dear to me and that can be seen in all my projects.