Project Detail

Dish

Synopsis

A troubled young woman confronts disturbing memories from her past by paying out her sexual fantasies with a stranger that she picked up at a night club.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
11 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Meloni Poole
Producer
Johann Insannally
Executive Producer
Johann Insannally
Screenwriter
Meloni Poole
Principal cast
Jodhi May, Enzo Cilenti

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Velvet Films

16 Herne Hill Mansions
Herne Hill
London SE24 9QN
UK

T+ 44 (0)7710 774296

velvetchicks@hotmail.com

Sales Company

British Film Institute Film Sales

21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN
UK

T 44 (0)20 7957 8909

sales.films@bfi.org.uk

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