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Ambition

Synopsis

Brendan is a toll booth operator in the middle of nowhere with a disdain for conversation, a mild lactose intolerance and an interest in the genre of the academic novel. Why do all his customers keep trying to change him?

Details

Year: 2019
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 12 mins 46 secs
Director: Ryan Andrew Hooper
Producer: Tom Betts, Matt Redd, Ryan Andrew Hooper
Executive Producer: Tracy Spottiswoode, Vaughan Sivell
Editor: Manuela Lupini
Screenwriter: Matt Redd
Director of Photography: Adrian Peckitt
Production Designer: Chris House
Sound: Dom Corbisiero
Composer: Gavin Fitzjohn
Principal cast: Simon Russell Beale, Gwyneth Keyworth, Nina Toussaint-White, Dean Rehman, Martyn Stallard

Genre

Welsh Black Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Western Edge Pictures

9 Wimpole Street
London
W1G 9SR

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