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Nine and a half Minutes

Synopsis

A romantic comedy about two Londoners who meet on a blind date. Too busy to bother getting to know each other, they fantasize a whole relationship - meeting, sex, the split - in only 9 ½ minutes. A satire on modern sexual mores, that twists our expectations of the rom-com genre.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Josh Appignanesi, Misha Mason-Smith
Producer
Ollie Madden
Editor
Josh Appignanesi, Misha Mason-Smith
Screenwriter
Josh Appignanesi, Misha Mason-Smith
Director of Photography
Baz Irvine
Production Designer
Erik Rehl
Composer
Lotown
Principal cast
David Tennant, Zoe Telford

Genre

Comedy Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Mercenary Films

40 Newman Street
London W1T 1QD
UK

T +44 (0)20 7631 3545

studio@mercenaryfilms.co.uk

Sales Company

Dazzle Short Film Agency

T+44 (0)20 7739 7716

dawn@dazzlefilms.co.uk

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