Project Detail

Defoe

Simon Monhemius

Synopsis

Deserted but not alone. A shipwrecked astronaut believes himself to be alone on an unfamiliar planet, he must either find a way home or find a way of surviving this new place.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 8 mins 53 secs
Format: Super 16mm
Director: Ross Neil
Producer: Claire Neate-James
Editor: Sam Jones
Screenwriter: Ross Neil
Director of Photography: Michael Wood
Production Designer: Doon Ram
Sound: Sam Robson
Composer: Peter Diggens
Principal cast: Glenn Doherty, Thom Glover

Genre

Horror Climate / Environment Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

HSI London

Royalty House
72-74 Dean Street
London
W1D 3SG
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7437 3344
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7437 3355

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Sales Company

Claire Neate-James

HSI London
Royalty House
72-74 Dean Street
London
W1D 3SG
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7437 3344
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7437 3355

Visit Website

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

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