Project Detail

Because I Can

Synopsis

In an anonymous authoritarian regime, an officer follows his orders. He routinely breaks and kills the regime's enemies. When one prisoner refuses to be broken, the tables are turned. He becomes the victim. The system turns on the officer and shows no mercy, begging the question: who comes next?
 

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins
Format
16mm
Director
Ben Lister
Producer
Steve Coxon, Alexandra Bouillon
Co-Producer
Steve Coxon, Alexandra Bouillon
Editor
Ben Lister
Screenwriter
Steve Coxon
Director of Photography
Zac Nicholson
Sound
Billy Bannister and the Audio Suite
Composer
Norman Levene
Principal cast
James Parsons, Laurence Saunders, Michael Doyle, Jez Thomas

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Production Status

Production Company

Antidote Produxions Ltd

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