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One Man's Meat

Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers 1991 Short film
  • Fantasy
  • Drama
  • Sci-fi

Donogh Rees stars as a wife on the brink of madness and homicide in this short film from Christine Parker (Channelling Baby). Struggling to deal with raw meat in the kitchen, Jo lapses into a dream state and fantasises about fronting a girl group (featuring backing singers costumed as the Virgin Mary, a dominatrix and a Barbie doll). Flashbacks show her partner James (Alistair Browning) arriving home drunk; she goes alone to a dinner party where the host asks about his absence. Parker based her script on 'Waiting for Jim', a short story by Frances Cherry.