Project Detail

Radio

Name: Radio
Director: Lance Kneeshaw
Released: 1998
Duration: 28 mins

Synopsis

It is the spring of 1936. An isolated Portuguese village. While his wife works, Batola idles his life away, waiting... for nothing. Then one day a salesman comes, bringing... radio.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 28 mins
Format: 16mm
Director: Lance Kneeshaw
Producer: Royal College of Art/Merchant Ivory
Director of Photography: Jake Polonsky
Principal cast: Joao Lagarto and Manuela Freitas
Executive Screen Writers: Josh Lacey

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Royal College of Art Film and TV Department Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU Tel: 020 7590 4444 Fax: 020 7590 4556

Sales Company

Jane Balfour Films Burghley House, 35 Fortess Road, London NW5 1AD Tel: 020 7267 5392 Fax: 020 7267 4241 E Mail: janebalfourfilms@compuserve.com

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