Project Detail

For Claude

Synopsis

Claude Cahun’s iconic photograph ‘Don’t Kiss Me/In Training’ was inspiration for a two line poem, a fractured couplet revealed and hidden throughout this piece about intimacy, tactility and the projected theatre of how it feels to be together.

A game involving dressing up, repeated, with love. Training for feeling.

Details

Year
2011
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
9 mins 14 secs
Format
HD
Director
Helena Astbury
Producer
Helena Astbury, Jake Astbury
Editor
Helena Astbury
Screenwriter
Helena Astbury
Director of Photography
Jake Astbury
Music
Doublette
Principal cast
Angie Fullman, Freya Finnerty
Make-up artist
Catt Baum

Production Status

Production Company

The Astburys

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