Nonnie & Alex

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Nonnie & Alex
Directed by Todd Field
Written bySerena Rathbun
Produced byDouglas Axtell
Jody Teora
StarringHeather Ramsey
Travis Martin
CinematographyMark Karen
Edited byBarry S. Silver
Music byJames Legg
Production
company
Mercury Film
Distributed by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Release date
  • January 17, 1995 (1995-01-17)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Nonnie & Alex is a 1995 short film that Todd Field directed while a fellow at the AFI Conservatory. [1] It was filmed in Ferndale, California. This short film is a dramatic piece about two eight-year-old children, a girl (Nonnie) and boy (her friend, Alex) who are left to their own devices in trying to sort out whether or not Alex's recently deceased mother is truly haunting them. [2]

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References

  1. "Nonnie and Alex (1995) - Overview". TCM. Retrieved 2019-04-10.
  2. Nonnie & Alex (DVD video, 2000s). OCLC   154202792 . Retrieved 2019-04-10 via WorldCat.