Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice

Mar 11, 2012

1h 4m

★ 7.4

The legacy of six bereaved puppets

Overview

Internationally acclaimed ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor and erstwhile lover Ken Campbell on a pilgrimage to "Venthaven" the resting place for puppets of dead ventriloquists. She gets to know her latex and wooden travelling partners along the way, and with them deconstructs herself and her lost love in this ventriloquial docu-mockumentary requiem. Ken Campbell was a hugely respected maverick of the British theatre, an eccentric genius who would snort out forgotten artforms. Nina was his protégé in ventriloquism and has been said to have reinvented the artform. This film is truly unique in genre and style. No one has seen ventriloquism like this before.

Genres

Comedy

Documentary

Drama

Production Companies

BBC

Nina Conti Production

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Cast

Self

Nina Conti

Self

Jim Broadbent

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Brad Cummings

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Nacho Estrada

Self

Dan Horn

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Bob Hoskins

Self

Jay Johnson

Self

Kevin Johnson

Self

Ken Campbell

Self

Daisy Campbell

Self - Ken's Daughter

Daisy Campbell

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