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Decorum

A woman with a cigarette in her mouth stands in front of a bright red wall
A knife cuts into a lime, juice running down the side
A dark haired man leans forward, smiing
A young man and young woman stand close together in a corridor, staring into each other's eyes
A man in green shirt, with his back three quarters to us, holds his arms crossed, as a woman on the right of the frame looks at him, clearly angry

Synopsis

Miles and Angie go back to his flat after a perfect first date. But when she enters, she's struck by the blankness of it; the lack of decoration and furniture. As she explores more of the flat, she becomes more and more disturbed. But when Miles makes her a drink, they settle down to chatting and everything seems fine again. Until she realises he's been lying to her this whole time, about something small that might represent a much bigger threat...

Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 min 11 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Quentin Beroud 1st Feature 2nd Feature
Producer
Liam George
Executive Producer
Margherita Barbieri, Jonny Labey
Editor
Flaura Atkinson, Laura Zvarikova
Screenwriter
Quentin Beroud
Director of Photography
Max Slater
Production Designer
Emeline Beroud
Sound
Giancarlo Dellapina
Composer
Charli Mackie
Principal cast
Margherita Barbieri, Jonny Labey
Other Lead Creative(s)
Dominic Gowland (Sound Editing, Mixing)
1st AD
Clara Wilson
Gaffer
Emanuel Neagu
Spark
Henry Kingsbury
2nd AC
Antoine Law
Focus puller
Christian Wood
Boom Op
Tom Worrall
Steadicam Operator
Alex Kingston
Set PA
Scarlett Jolly
BTS
Dom LeBrun
Grade
Hannah Squires
Online Editor
Chris Benningwood
Poster
Madison Coby

Genre

Drama Horror Thriller

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Doing Brave Productions

c/o Quentin Beroud
Flat 6 Hendrix Court
22 Valley Road
London
SE14 6FN

Sales Company

n/a - please contact:

Doing Brave Productions
c/o Quentin Beroud
Flat 6 Hendrix Court
22 Valley Road
London
SE14 6FN

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