Project Detail

Life of Tai: The Diaries of Tai Atlas

Photography by Seamus Ryan. Copyright H MAN Productions

Synopsis

Tai dreams of stardom, but reality hits harder than the auditions he keeps missing. Under pressure from his overburdened mother and weighed down by a stalled acting career, he turns to vlogging—broadcasting every high, low, and manufactured moment in a last-ditch effort for recognition.
What starts as self-expression spirals into self-obsession. Tai’s online persona begins to eclipse the real him, seeping into his relationships and hijacking his sense of reality. When he meets Flo—a chaotic, unpredictable force he can’t quite figure out—he tries to fold her into the performance. But Flo won't play the part. She sees through the act... and walks away.
Left heartbroken and unraveling, Tai’s carefully curated world begins to collapse. Behind the camera-ready confidence lies a hidden turmoil he’s desperate to ignore.
In a world always online, the truth cannot hide.

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Features
Running time: 105 min
Format: 4K Digital
Director: H MAN 1st Feature
Producer: H MAN
Executive Producer: Jessica Jacob, Tony Hasnath
Editor: H MAN
Screenwriter: H MAN
Director of Photography: Will Royal
Production Designer: Keona Donn
Sound: Ryan Miller, Lee Viesnik
Composer: David Frederick
Principal cast: Tony Hasnath, Nawel Seksaf, Jessica Jacob, Marek Platek, Nicholas Oliver, Pablo Duarte, Manuela Filippin, Marianne Hatlenes Lie, Owen Llewelyn, Gino Picciano, Elena Valdameri, Marcin Mudyn, Talie Marwaha, Sparow Cully, Gengiz Hasim, Julia Holden

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

H MAN Productions

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

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