Project Detail

Lost

Synopsis

Adapted from the second play in the trilogy Making Noise Quietly. With the Falklands War as a backdrop, the film follows Geoffrey as he meets his best friend's mother and tells her the painful truth about her dead son.

Details

Year
2000
Type of project
Shorts
Director
Edward Hicks
Dir
Edward Hicks 35mm. 13mins. Prod/scr: Hicks. DoP: Camilla Naess. Cast: Nerys Hughes, Benedick Bates.

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Production Status

Production Company

The London International Film School 24 Shelton Street London WC2H 9HP, UK Tel: 020 7836 9642 Fax: 020 7497 3718 E-mail: film.school@lifs.org.uk

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