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Poof

Synopsis

In the pressure cooker of a Friday afternoon commuter train, scruffy strangers strike up an edgy rapport. But when they hit on the subject of homosexuality, the darkly comic conversation careers out of control.

Details

Year
2000
Type of project
Shorts
Director
Jes Benstock, Graeme Kennedy
Dirs
Jes Benstock, Graeme Kennedy Beta-SP. 30mins. Prod: Joanna Nolan. Scr: Benstock. DoP: Adrian O’Toole. Cast: Jamie Sives, Ricci Harnett, Neil McCormack, Alex Palmer.

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Technobabble 110-116 Elmore Street London N1 3AH, UK Tel: 020 7288 1116 Fax: 020 7288 1119 E-mail: info@technobabble.com Web: www.technobabble.demon.co.uk

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