The Tooth Hurts
2015, 30 minutes
Period Drama/Rom-Com
The Tooth Hurts is a short film that tells the story of Annie, the first female dentist in an English town in 1903, and Joseph, who owns the sweet shop across the road from her. Annie is studious and hard-working, trying to win the trust of a community unfamiliar with a woman in her position, while Joseph is less serious, sharing jokes with his regular customers and having fun with his job. When Joseph finds out Annie has never eaten a sweet in her life, he makes it his mission to get her to try one, and lighten up in the process. Aided by 11-year-old Henry, the pair engage in a practical joke war, during which Annie learns to have a little fun.