Project Detail

Five Pound Hollywood

Giles Godwin

Synopsis

Lian comes from China, to sell pirate DVDs on the streets of London. Her only reminder of home is a precious memento, that she keeps hidden from her flatmates. But when she tries to view it, it becomes mixed-up in the merchandise; and her loss becomes London's gain.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 mins
Format: HDV
Director: Gillian Pachter
Editor: Simon Battersby
Screenwriter: Gillian Pachter
Director of Photography: Mike Robinson
Sound: Mark Hatch
Composer: Mat Davidson
Principal cast: Aiqin Lin, Haiping Gu

Genre

Woman Director Asian Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Gillian Pachter

Flat 7 Leamington House
Tavistock Road
London W11 1AU
UK

T+44 (0)7932 004 821

pachter@hotmail.com

Sales Company

c/o Gillian Pachter

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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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