Patient 39 // 15min // Drama // 2014 // UK
Writer/ Director: Dan Clifton
Producer: Roland Holmes
Cast: Mark Bazeley, Alfie Stewart, Julia Rayner, Olivia Dunin, Lianne Tucker
When a soldier known only as Patient 39 awakes from a coma with no memory, so begins the search to discover his identity and past.
Adapted for the screen and directed by Dan Clifton from short story ‘The Ghost of a Bird’ by William Boyd.
“Patient 39 is a superb adaptation of my short story ‘Ghost of a Bird’. Dan Clifton has captured, with tremendous skill and great judgement, the many nuances of the story and the result is both moving and powerful.” – William Boyd