Project Detail

Making Love

Synopsis

A playwright risks his life in returning to his home city to find out if a woman with whom he once had a passionate and illicit affair ever truly loved him, only to learn that it was only ever the unknowing and distance that kept their desire alive.

Details

Year
2018
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
27min 37 sec
Format
Digital
Director
Helen Rollins
Producer
Peter Rollins, Johnny Rollins
Co-Producer
Lisa Kruse, Jon Lyons, Jill Olson, Brenton Reading, Laurie Struck
Executive Producer
Rob Morel, Hugh Schulze, Sue Stauffer
Editor
Caleb Swyers
Screenwriter
Helen Rollins, Peter Rollins
Director of Photography
Ryan Kernaghan
Production Designer
Helen Rollins
Sound
Marcos Salgado, Liam Yelen
Composer
Adrian Romero
Principal cast
David Dastmalchian, Frédérique Bel, Nigel O'Neill, Chris Kelly, Dominic de Coster

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

The Magician's Niece

7a Ballymullan Road
Crawfordsburn
County Down
BT19 1JG

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