Project Detail

Blinded

Name: Blinded
Director: Eleanor Yule
Genre: Scottish, Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2004
Duration: 90 mins

Synopsis

Running from a dark secret, Danish backpacker Mike Hammershoi (Anders W. Berthelsen) arrives at Black's estate in the Scottish Borders, looking for work. Cut off from the outside world, Francis Black) Peter Mullan, the blind owner, lives there in a shuttered-up, decaying mansion, with his elderly mother Bella (Phyllida Law).

Francis reluctantly offers the traveller a low-paid job in the yard. Put off by the unsettling atmosphere, Mike declines the offer. But as he turns to go, he sets eyes on Rachel (Jodhi May), Francis' enigmatic young wife, and changes his mind. Mike starts work on the farm, dumping the debris of the Blacks' once-successful business into the mud pit - a bottomless vortex of quicksand at the end of the land.

Mike soon realises that Francis, increasingly embittered by his blindness, exerts a domineering power over Rachel. Rachel, emotionally suffocated by her husband, is increasingly attracted to Mike, whose presence awakens her pent-up sexual desire. Unable to resist each other, they become lovers. As the sexual tension increases, so too does Francis' jealousy rage. In a fit of anger, Francis sacks the traveller. The threat of Mike's departure forces Rachel to choose between her husband and her lover. Unaware of his dark past, Rachel decides to run away with Mike. Seething with fury, Francis stands, knife in hand, by the edge of the mud-pit waiting for the unsuspecting lovers as they prepare to make their escape.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of project: Features
Running time: 90 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Eleanor Yule 1st Feature
Producer: Carole Sheridan, Agnes Wilkie, Bill Gore
Co-Producer: Carole Sheridan, Agnes Wilkie, Bill Gore
Editor: James Hamilton
Screenwriter: Eleanor Yule
Director of Photography: Jerry Kelly
Sound: Douglas McDougall (Designer), Douglas Kerr (Recordist)
Composer: Malcolm Lindsay
Principal cast: Peter Mullan, Jodhi May, Anders W. Berthelsen, Phyllida Law, Samantha Bond

Genre

Scottish Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

OscarFilms

61 Holland Street
Glasgow G2 4NJ
Scotland
UK

T +44 (0)141 287 8261

ovh@oscarfilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Guerilla Films

www.guerilla-films.com

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