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Charon

Synopsis

Charon, the demon sailor over the river Styx, sets off on a journey to recover his mortality. He renounces his role as ferryman for the dead and sails away in search for the archetypical home, the mythical place of his childhood where he can finally abandon his boat and die.

Details

Year
2009
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
12 mins 16 secs
Format
DV
Director
Chiara Ambrosio
Producer
Chiara Ambrosio
Editor
Chiara Ambrosio
Screenwriter
Chiara Ambrosio
Director of Photography
Michal Rulka
Production Designer
Michael Fowkes, Sara Muzio
Sound
Mark Peter Wright
Composer
Michael Nyman

Genre

Experimental Woman Director

Categories

Fiction Animation

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Michael Nyman Ltd

5 Milner Place
London N1 TNL
UK

T +44 (0)20 7226 3188

baldini55mn@dsl.pipex.com

Sales Company

Chiara Ambrosio

Flat B
13 Burma Rd
London N16 9BH
UK

T +44 (0)79 8600 1604

atwilightwhisper@aol.com

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