Project Detail

Dear Nelson

Synopsis

Dear Nelson is a short film based on letters written from Simone de Beauvoir in Paris to Nelson Algren in Chicago between 1947 - 1956. It takes 5 moments from their long distance relationship and charts the emotional progression from heady excitement to cool detachment.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
5 mins 30 secs
Format
Beta Sp
Director
Sarah Cox
Editor
Rod Main
Director of Photography
Kierran McGuigan
Sound
Oliver Davis
Composer
Philip Archimbauld, Oliver Davis
Principal cast
Julia Rayner

Production Status

Production Company

Picasso Pictures

Contact Danielle Susijn
9-11 Broadwick Street
London W1F 0DB
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7437 9888

danielle@picassopictures.com

Sales Company

Picasso Pictures

Contact Danielle Susijn
9-11 Broadwick Street
London W1F 0DB
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7437 9888

danielle@picassopictures.com

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