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Love Me Tender

Synopsis

Elvis spends his time watching life pass by through a pair of binoculars. He finds an exciting new use for them when he falls for Sammy, a girl at his school. Romantic love verges on something more obsessive and menacing.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
12mins 30secs
Format
Super 16mm
Director
Nele Hecht
Producer
Polly Stokes
Editor
James Griffith
Screenwriter
Caroline Bruckner
Director of Photography
Phil Moreton
Production Designer
Olivia Camden, Sallyann Greenwell
Sound
Owen Peters
Composer
Paul Lambert
Principal cast
Alex Clifford, Ophelia Tan-Gallot, Robyn Jones

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK

T + 44 (0)1494 671 234

festivals@nfts.co.uk

Sales Company

Hemant Sharda

Festivals Office
National Film and Television School
Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1LG
UK

T +44 (0)1494 671 234

festivals@nfts.co.uk

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