Pigtails

2011, 10 minutes

One day two boys discover the true horror of life.

It is the mid seventies, and set against a vast and flattened landscape, two young brothers Alan and Billy spend the summer days away from their alcoholic mother and caravan home working for a local farmer. Only today is different. Having stolen into the farmhouse, a bizarre discovery leads to an unexpected and shocking incident. What subsequently follows is Alan being forced into making a bold decision about how best to deal with the situation.

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