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Creditors

Synopsis

Based on August Strindberg's 1888 play, "Creditors" is a modern re-telling of Strindberg's story of love, betrayal, revenge and psychological manipulation, which he considered to be his one true masterpiece.

Grant Pierce (Christian McKay) arrives from London into Madrid, Spain, hoping to be given the chance to meet his favourite painter, American Freddie Lynch (Ben Cura), who is currently staying at a private hotel in an unassuming location outside the city. As Grant steps into the main building of "El Madroño", he troublingly finds Lynch a crippled man whom, he soon reveals, has been unable to actually paint for the better part of a year.

As the two men get to know each other under the watchful eye of one of the owners of the hotel, Michael Redmane (Tom Bateman), they start to piece together the disturbing picture of Freddie's marriage to beautiful writer Chloe Fleury (Andrea Deck) which harbours secrets that will reveal much more than Freddie's recent creative emaciation and clearly defined obsession with her ex-husband.

At times disturbingly funny and cruelly bleak, "Creditors" deals with the most private aspects of human relationships.

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
81 mins
Format
Digital
Director
Ben Cura 1st Feature
Producer
Ben Cura, Andrea Deck
Executive Producer
R. Long, C. Long, José Cura, Silvia Ibarra, Larry J. Deck, Pat Deck
Editor
Teresa Font
Screenwriter
Ben Cura (Screenplay), August Strindberg (Play)
Director of Photography
Ben Hecking
Sound
Francis Cullen, Alvaro López-Arregui, Nicolas de Poulpiquet, José Vinader
Composer
Nina Aranda, Kyle James Hauser
Principal cast
Christian McKay, Andrea Deck, Ben Cura, Tom Bateman, Simon Callow

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