Protect Me From What I Want
Synopsis
Both characters disparate worlds overlap and collide to tell a tale of loneliness and longing in a city late at night. Flirting with danger, the dialogue erodes to a series of images of tenderness, violence, power and control.
Details
- Year
- 2009
- Type of project
- Shorts
- Running time
- 13 mins 34 secs
- Format
- HD
- Director
-
Dominic Leclerc
- Producer
- Tony Dixon, Julia Caithness, Diane Whitley
- Editor
- James Schofield
- Screenwriter
- Dominic Leclerc
- Director of Photography
- Martin Parry
- Production Designer
- Paul Rowan
- Sound
- Lynne Hegarty
- Composer
- Gareth Fry
- Principal cast
- Elliot Tittensor, Naveed Choudry
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Whitley - Leclerc Productions
65 Longfield RoadTodmorden OL14 6ND
UK
T +44 (0)1706 839 667
dianewhitley@btinternet.com
Sales Company
Tony Dixon
Screen Yorkshire46, The Calls
Leeds LS2 7EY
UK
T +44 (0)113 294 4410
www.screenyorkshire.co.uk
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