Flying Blind
Synopsis
Frankie works for a major aerospace manufacturer, designing drones for the military. She’s at the top of her game and in total control of her life. When she meets Kahil, a French-Algerian student, much younger than her, she embarks on a passionate affair and for the first time in her life she utterly, thrillingly, loses control. One morning, when she arrives for work, she’s detained by security and told that Kahil is a person of interest to the security services. She discovers that she has unwittingly crossed a line from control and security, into a nightmare world of suspicion and accusation. She now realises how little she knows of this man. But her love for him proves stronger than her mistrust, and she tries to find a way to protect her lover. Finally she discovers to her cost that betrayal always comes from those closest to us.
Details
- Year
- 2012
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 93 mins
- Format
- Arri Alexa
- Director
-
Katarzyna Klimkiewicz 1st Feature
- Producer
- Alison Sterling
- Executive Producer
- Chris Moll, Steve Jenkins, Nigel Thomas
- Editor
- Ewa J Lind
- Screenwriter
- Naomi Wallace, Bruce McLeod, Caroline Harrington
- Director of Photography
- Andrzej Wojciechowski
- Production Designer
- Alison Riva
- Sound
- Ian Bown
- Composer
- Jon Wygens
- Principal cast
- Helen McCrory, Kenneth Cranham, Najib Oudghiri, Tristan Gemmill
- Costumes
- Saffron Webb
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Ignition Films
4 Somerset StreetBristol
BS2 8NB
UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 909 9941
Ifeatures
South West ScreenSt Bartholemews Court
Lewins Mead
Bristol
BS1 5BT
UK
Sales Company
ContentFilm plc
19 Heddon StreetLondon
W1B 4BG
UK
Tel: +44 (0)20 7851 6500
Fax: +44 (0)20 7851 6506
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