
Balls 2018
Overview
Balls takes as its starting point Heathcliff, the foundling character central to Wuthering Heights, and explores links between the Foundling Hospital story and the much-loved novel by Brontë. Cole’s film is inspired by two separate but intertwined stories; the real lives of desperate women and the babies they gave up to the care of the Foundling Hospital, which are meticulously documented in the Hospital’s archives; and Heathcliff, the foundling antihero in Wuthering Heights. Set in modern day L
Director: Lily Cole
Cast

Tia Bannon
Peggy

Gillian Bevan
Jean

Sarah Gadon
Mary Ann

John Sessions
Brownlow