Project Detail

Once A Man

Synopsis

As Adam's family plan to send him away, he is haunted by surreal memories of his past, which unravel to reveal the tragic beauty of love, loss, grief and death.

Details

Year
2013
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
22 mins 18 secs
Format
Red 4K
Director
Asim Abbasi
Producer
Asim Abbasi
Co-Producer
Mehul Patel
Editor
Nick Refuerzo
Screenwriter
Asim Abbasi
Director of Photography
Malte Rosenfeld
Production Designer
Niina Topp
Sound
Richard Simpson
Composer
Isin Eray
Principal cast
Adam Thomas-Wright, Bill Thomas, Judy Buxton, Ilona Bou-Habib, Holly Jacobson, Alex Woolf, Sarah Lamesch, Tom Sykes, Fiona Ryan

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Illicitus Productions

2 Clarendon Court, 33 Maida Vale
London, W91AJ
email: info@illicitusproductions.com
web: www.illicitusproductions.com

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