Project Detail

Listening

Synopsis

The story concerns life at a spiritual retreat where a man and a woman encounter one another whilst searching for their own inner peace.

The values of the house require that they do not speak. Their relationship becomes painfully complicated as a result.

Listening is a poignant, bittersweet romance.

Details

Year: 2004
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 23 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Producer: David Barron
Editor: Neil Farrell
Screenwriter: Kenneth Branagh
Director of Photography: Alex Thomson BSc
Sound: Brian Simmons AMPS
Music: Patrick Doyle
Principal cast: Francis Barber, Paul McGann, Nanette Newman

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Contagious Films

14 Newburgh Street
London
W1F 7RT
UK

T+44 (0)20 7287 9875

dj.barron@virgin.net

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