Project Detail

Lap

Oliver Marlow

Synopsis

Two strangers meet at a bus stop one rainy night. On the surface there is nothing unusual in their meeting. Slowly however Lula finds herself drawn to Alan and curiously returns to the bus stop in the hope of getting to know this stranger. What is it about Alan that draws Lula in? A tender modern love story develops between Lula, a lap-dancer, and Alan, a blind man, as each learns to trust a stranger.

Details

Year: 2006
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 14 mins
Format: Super 16
Director: Meloni Poole
Producer: Jules Hussey
Editor: Nick Fenton
Screenwriter: Meloni Poole
Director of Photography: Rob Hardy
Sound: Tim Barker
Composer: Riz Maslen
Principal cast: Rebecca Palmer

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Lap Films

G14 Peabody Estate
Camberwell Green
London SE5 7BL
UK

T +44 (0)7710 772 293

meloni@lapfilms.com

Sales Company

As above

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