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Twitch

11 minutes | Teen | 2005 | United States of America

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Tagline

A young girl's desperate search for a childhood lost.

Synopsis

Twitch is a coming of age story about a teenage girl forced to care for her disabled mother, while beginning to come to terms with her emerging sexuality. Irrationally fearful that her mother's disability is contagious, she attempts to suffocate any possibility of illness. Her boyfriend, oblivious to her increasing hypochondria, only seems interested in her physically. Unable to find the emotional intimacy she craves, she ultimately must confront her fears and learn to take care of herself.

Director's Statement

Twitch was largely inspired by events from my childhood. My mother was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis shortly before I was born and I grew up having to take care of her. I have been interested in this mother-daughter role reversal for some time, and made the decision early on to cast my actual mother in the film. By bringing as much real-life experience to the film as possible, I hope to create a more raw emotional experience for the viewer.

  • Directed by
     Leah Meyerhoff
  • Written by
     Leah Meyerhoff
  • Produced by
     Sean Warner
  • Twitch Website
Directed by: Leah Meyerhoff
Written by: Leah Meyerhoff
Produced by: Sean Warner

Cast

 Daughter: Emma Galvin
Mother: Toni Meyerhoff
Boyfriend: Peter Corrie
Young Daughter: Naomi Schneider
Young Mother: Sarah Bradley-King
Doctor: Robert Hancock

Crew

 Sound Editor: Hans Ten Broeke
Production Designer: Kevin McGarry
Art Director: Lori K. Engels
Production Manager: Iris Jyoung
First Assistant Camera: Michael Burke
Assistant Camera: Josh Winkler
Sound Recordist: Jeremy Curtin
Sound Recorder: Jeremy Curtin
Boom Operator: Rusty Nails
Cinematographer: Oden Roberts
  • Leah Meyerhoff

    Director

    Leah Meyerhoff

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