Project Detail

L'Assenza

Synopsis

A man becomes obsessed by his own double in an Italian film from the early 1960s.
In the tradition of supernatural tales of possession, L'Assenza (The Absence) is a film about the fascination that cinema exerts on us - a fascination implicitly narcissistic, morbid, even dangerous.

Details

Year
2013
Type of film
Shorts
Running time
20 mins 48 secs
Format
Arri RAW 2K
Director
Jonathan Romney
Producer
Carey Born
Executive Producer
Darren Heath, Nicky Bentham, Emily Kyriakides, Lizzie Francke
Editor
Adam Finch
Screenwriter
Jonathan Romney
Director of Photography
Nic Knowland, Tim Sidell
Production Designer
Kate Evenden
Sound
Joakim Sundstrom
Composer
Jimmy Giuffre, Eric Dolphy, Wes Montgomery
Principal cast
Stephen Mangan, Amanda Ryan, Michael Higgs, Susanna Cappellaro, Rebecca Cardinale
Costume Designer
Nat Turner
Hair & Make-up Designer
Jen Harty

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

First Born Films Limited

First Floor
85 Great Portland Street
London
W1W 7LT

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