Synopsis

Sisters WREN & EILEEN are orphans, still living in the secluded vacation home where their parents killed each other.

Credits

A Film by Ryan Weatrowski

Starring:
Clare Gillies, Andreja Pejic, Lorraine Farris, Steve Rizzo

Production Company - Virgin Soil Pictures
Producer - Taylor Greenthal
Assistant Producer - Janelle Lee
Art Direction - Lauryn Holmquist
Director of Photography - Jameson Carr
Assistant Camera - Tiffany Chung
Production Design - Kate Atkinson
Hair & Makeup - Andrea Valdez
Costume Design - Tim Nguyen
Editor - Collin Levin
Visual Effects - Matti Vesanen (veli.fx)
Colorist - Aaron Bencid
Title Design - Peter Greco
Sound Mix - Alex Parral
Post Sound - Unbridled Sound
Supervising Sound Edit - Julie Diaz
Theme Music - Ale Roubini & Ry Yalowitz
Song 'Ocean Hill' - Lovechild
Production Assistant - Trevor Joyce
Catering - Bianca & Anitra Franco

Special Thanks:
Edie Xu, Rudy Grazziani, Naomi Montes, Brent Kiser, Killspencer, GFM Contributors

Beyond the Short

“A Bitter Fruit” tells the story of opposing sisters who've grown up in improbable circumstances, with only traumatic adolescent memories of their parents volatile relationship as influence. In putting together Wren and Eileen's story, I considered nature vs nurture and wondered what might occur by removing nurture at a fragile age and cranking up nature. The result is a fantastical depiction of sibling rivalry, full of metaphor and symbolism, familiar perhaps to Cain and Abel.

This photo story (below) from our Art Director, Lauryn Holmquist, is to be viewed as an extension of “A Bitter Fruit”. These moments, some captured in the periphery of a shot, some composed during the happenings of other scenes, were able to capture a heightened fantasy with a sobering perspective unique from the style seen in the short.