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Number One, Longing. Number Two, Regret.

Synopsis

In this neo-noir thriller, police arrest a man for questioning over his neighbour's murder. Investigating cop Beatrice Kenosha enters a period of dark fascination with the mysterious stranger and his entangled, suppressed past - but only after he escapes her custody. It emerges, when he's on the run, that her suspect had been living as a recluse, shutting out the world and his tortured memories of a lost love.

Details

Year
2006
Type of project
Features
Running time
98 mins
Format
DV Cam
Director
Neil Wassell 1st Feature
Producer
Neil Wassell
Editor
Lois Bygrave
Screenwriter
Neil Wassell
Director of Photography
Simon Dennis
Sound
Justin Bryant
Composer
Mark T. White
Principal cast
Jenny Agutter, Jeremy Bulloch, Laurent Maurel

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

World on Fire Production

7 Market Studios
43a Goldhawk Road
London W12 8QP
UK

T +44 (0)20 8743 2300

enquiries@world-on-fire.com

Sales Company

Parasol Peccadillo

Office 3.4 Hoxton Works
128 Hoxton Street
London N1 6SH
UK

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