Ortolan (2023)
Overview
On the night of their mother’s wake, three estranged sisters divide their childhood home over a pot of magic mushroom tea while a family secret boils to the surface. A story about the tenuousness of memory, buried trauma, food... and psychedelics.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $17,400.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.47 |
Directed By
Tracy Mathewson
Crew
Tracy Mathewson
Kate Winter
Kate Winter
Dominic James Baker
Andrew Koji
Frieder Woehrmann
Kate Winter
Kyriakos Kassimis
Rom Blanco
Yannick Hausler
Ellis Garbett
Pete Hills
Joe Murgatroyd
Ciéranne Kennedy Bell
TOP CAST
Victoria Grove
Mother
Richard Rowden
Father
Pippa Conway
Dorothy
Marianne Chase
Ann
Kate Winter
Jean
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