Project Detail

Chasm

Synopsis

When Reuben buys a black-market cure for his unusual chest complaint, Jenny is forced to make a terrible sacrifice. Chasm is a black comedy, set in a time when trading body parts has become commonplace and blinding light and torrential rain overpower the land.

Details

Year
2003
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
12 mins 30 secs
Format
35mm, Kodak
Director
Christian D’Adda
Producer
Martin Box
Editor
Christian D’Adda
Screenwriter
Christian D’Adda
Director of Photography
Richard Mott
Sound
Roger Cutting
Composer
Paul Cuddeford
Principal cast
Oliver Milburn, Daisy Beaumont, Richard Bremmer

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Production Status

Production Company

Chasm Films

13 Perrins Lane, Hampstead
London NW3 1QY
UK

T +44 (0)20 7431 2694

info@chasm.uk.com

Sales Company

SFB/Short Film Bureau

74 Newman Street, London
W1T 3EL
UK

T+44 (0)20 7636 2400

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