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Black Noise

Black Noise
A woman in a vintage look red dress lies on a bed holding onto the arm of a replica red dress.

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.

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Features
Running time
100 min
Format
Digital
Director
Simon Blake 2nd Feature
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

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Production Status

Production Company

Ithaca House Limited

Colette Delaney-Smith
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