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Dumping Elaine

Synopsis

So why does Eddie want to get rid of Elaine and what's it got to do with Beth? Is Beth the other woman or is Eddie the other man? Maybe Eddie is using Elaine to hurt Beth unless Beth is using Eddie to get back at Elaine. It could be that Beth really loves Eddie but is playing hard to get, to get Eddie to love her more. But what the hell's it got to do with the staff.

1 café, 2 customers, 2 waitresses, 3 weeks and a lot of coffee. Service is not included and neither is Elaine.
 

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 mins
Format
35mm, Beta SP, DigiBeta, Kodak
Director
Peter Lydon
Producer
Steve Ackhurst
Editor
Neil Thomson
Screenwriter
Peter Lydon (first film)
Director of Photography
Nic Sadler
Composer
Blue States – Your Girl; Guerino et son Orchestra de la Boite a Matelots –Café Parisian
Principal cast
Susan Lynch, Mathew Delamere, Dido Miles, Emma Pierson
Sound Recordist
Roger Cutting
Dubbing Mixer
Stewart Marshall

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

H30 Films Ltd

10 Frith Street
London W1D 3JF
UK

T +44 (0)20 7734 0000

info@h3ofilms.com

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