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Medium Rare

Synopsis

Danger, lust and fear combine in an erotic game. Carl is on the run from a gang intent on killing him. In desperation he seeks refuge in an expensive restaurant where a beautiful woman is dining alone. Cornered, he knows that one false move from either of them will cost him his life. But desire is about to lay its own subtle trap. Based on a short story by German cult writer Hans Herbst.

Details

Year
2008
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13mins 30 secs
Format
35mm
Director
Stefan Stuckert
Producer
Randeep Sandhu
Co-Producer
Randeep Sandhu
Editor
Roger Dacier
Screenwriter
Stefan Stuckert
Director of Photography
Paul Jenkins
Production Designer
Jamie Alcock
Sound
Kieron Teather
Composer
Tom E Morrison
Principal cast
Sara Stewart, Steve Furst, Gordon Alexander, Derren Brown

Genre

Literary Adaptation Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Finger Store Films

13 Eastwood Road
London
N10 1NL
UK

T +44 (0)7976 854280

stefan@stuckert.co.uk

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