Project Detail

Lap

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 project
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

Categories

Production Status

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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