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Lie With Me

Synopsis

Thirty-three year old Chris Hopkins has a wife, child and works 9 to 5 in a respectable office job. Resentful of his mundane existence, he believes his son to be a burden and struggles to look at his wife with lust after 15 years under the same roof. He feels like something is missing and longs for change. Surfing adult sex sites when he should be working, he soon discovers a woman that he truly connects with. She listens to his problems, dresses like he wishes his wife would and she likes to talk dirty. How long can he hold out before fantasy and reality collide?

Lie With Me is an erotic thriller that explores the seedy world of adult sex sites and the consequences of one man's journey to find sexual fulfilment.

This 20-minute digital short film was shot on the increasingly popular Canon 5D Mk2 camera with a budget of less than £1,500.00. It is writer/director Nick Padley's debut short film and was shot entirely in West Yorkshire.

Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 mins
Director
Nick Padley
Producer
Kayleigh Cruickshank, Emma Lawford Wise, Andrew Padley
Co-Producer
Kayleigh Cruickshank, Emma Lawford Wise, Andrew Padley
Editor
Nick Padley
Screenwriter
Nick Padley
Director of Photography
Adam Conlon
Sound
Thomas Duff, Jonathan Lindley
Composer
Sebastian Eastwood Bloom
Principal cast
Gareth Webber, Jorden Bennie, Emma Lawford Wise

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Giant Leap Productions Ltd

Harrison Suite
The Nostell Estate Yard
Doncaster Road
Nostell
Wakefield WF1 5PE
UK

T +44 (0)7976 963 118

nick@giantleapproductions.co.uk

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