Project Detail

Black Noise

Synopsis

Amongst the wind-swept desolate marshes and dense forest sits Ithaca, cloaked in mist post rainfall; a storm is coming. Once a palatial estate turned children’s home, now a high-end hotel, much like its former owners, Ithaca rots from the inside out. Though its exterior is luxurious, its rooms well appointed, and the restaurant’s menu composed of delicious, hand-foraged wild produce, the twisted secrets of Ithaca’s past form an indelible stain that cannot be exorcised.
Into this eerie world steps Leda, under cover, pretending to be a ghost-writer tasked with penning the memoirs of the estate’s previous owner: Jove Livingston who has passed away. A memorial event to celebrate Jove’s life is being held, an event that will be celebrated by a lavish dinner. Leda will discover the deep and terrible secrets of Ithaca.
A revenger’s tragedy, set in a Downton Abbey-like world, portrayed through a hallucinogenic lens, with an almost fetishistic detail around the food, nature and wardrobe where the evil sins of the past are exposed and revenge is served up on a plate.

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Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Features
Running time: 100 min
Format: Digital
Director: Simon Blake
Producer: Colette Delaney-Smith, Michael Knowles
Executive Producer: Graeme Delaney-Smith, Rich Simpson, Simon Orange
Editor: Agnieszka Liggett, Jorgina Elias
Screenwriter: Simon Blake, Morrison Brown
Director of Photography: Andy Parsons
Production Designer: Rana Favadi
Sound: Jonathan Blagrove
Composer: Sebastian Reynolds
Principal cast: Aidan Gillen, Kate Phillips, Rebecca Calder, Michael Jibson, Jeanie Hackman

Genre

Thriller

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Ithaca House Limited

Colette Delaney-Smith
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