Affected
Synopsis
Jacob, a young aspiring journalist together with his girlfriend Laura, a young attractive self assured, yet vain, it-girl go on the trail of the Tempter, a figure-head in the media reported to be responsible for the decline of the social order.
As Jacob's search for a story takes them out of their comfortable, frappucino filled world and into the seedy underbelly of Britain’s backstreets, low lifes and eventually the decaying Eden Estate, cracks begin to appear in their co-dependant relationship driving a rift between them.
At a cross-roads fighting for not only his relationship, sanity and survival, Jacob is left with three pivotal questions;
Who is The Tempter?
Does the Tempter really exist?
And if so, is the Tempter truly responsible for the impending armaggedon, or is there a more darker, more sinister, more simple truth to it all?
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 60 mins
- Format
- HD
- Director
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Naeem Mahmood, Ash Mahmood
- Producer
- Veronique Skelsey
- Editor
- Ash Mahmood, Naeem Mahmood
- Screenwriter
- Helena Thompson
- Director of Photography
- Adriatik Ragipi
- Production Designer
- Charlie Flectcher, Lili Barcroft
- Sound
- Nazomi Matsuyama, Neil Maddison, Ash Mahmood, Naeem Mahmood
- Composer
- Adem Ilhan, Hicham Bensassi
- Principal cast
- Stuart Mackenzie, Jordon Stevens, Charles Reston, Niall Costigan
- Original Make-up
- Sabina Sweeney
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Transient Film Exchange
39 Sinclair RoadLondon W14 0NS
UK
T +44(0)2073712527
SPID Theatre Company
Kensal House community roomsLadbroke Grove
London W10 5BQ
UK
T +44(0)20 8968 2961
Sales Company
SPID Theatre Company
Kensal House community roomsLadbroke Grove
London W10 5BQ
UK
T +44(0)20 8968 2961
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