The Puritans (film)

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The Puritans
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Directed by Sean Robinson
Written bySean Robinson
Produced by Paul Warner, Martina Rojas Chaigneau
StarringTyler Elliot Burke
Eileen Kearney
Nikki Dillon
Elyssa Jakim
Greg Seel
Louisa Ward
Peter Trojgaard
CinematographyEsteban Robles
Edited bySean Robinson
Music byBruno Axel
Distributed by SnagFilms
IndieFlix
Release date
  • May 5, 2013 (2013-05-05)
Running time
24 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Puritans is a 2013 short science-fiction film written and directed by Sean Robinson and produced by Paul Warner.

Contents

Premise

The Puritans revolves around a soldier who returns from a war to discover that his family has returned to a nineteenth-century life-style in a desperate attempt to escape from the "perversions" of the modern world.

Cast

Awards

Festival showings

Critical reception

Film Threat gave the film 5 stars. [25] SBCC Film Reviews [26]

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