Project Detail

Laitue

Synopsis

Laitue is a hand drawn film, tracing a brief journey from loss to a reunion of an unexpected kind. Two people are separated by time and space but nevertheless coincide in a series of movements which form a choreography of anticipation and unrest.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 mins 18 secs
Format
Digital stills
Director
Nicholas Brooks
Producer
Nicholas Brooks
Editor
Nicholas Brooks
Screenwriter
Nicholas Brooks
Director of Photography
Nicholas Brooks
Sound
Nicholas Brooks, John Wollaston

Production Status

Production Company

Nicholas Brooks

42 Middleton Road
London, E8 4BS
UK

laituefilm@googlemail.com

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