Project Detail

In Waking We Are Saved

Synopsis

In 1315, two young men encounter a traveling philosopher who proposes a very strange idea: there might not be a God or indeed any life other than this one. Magic, terror and comedy ensue.

Details

Year
2012
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 mins
Format
RED
Director
Lucia Yandoli
Producer
Andre Guidot
Editor
Roberta Bononi
Screenwriter
Lucia Yandoli
Director of Photography
Maura Morales Bergmann
Production Designer
Anna Privitera
Composer
Marco Sinopoli
Principal cast
Jonny Liron, Krzyzstof Honowski, Daniel Powell, Ollie Evans

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