Project Detail

Sauce

Synopsis

Faye, a contemplative hairdresser, swings moodily between her western aspirations and her Chinese origins. Huang, a Chinese photographer with an expired visa, washes up in a salsa bar when not caressing the city with his camera.

A faint romance temporarily flickers between them. Interweaving scenes, meanwhile, show us Cai and J J, two artists who appear to be in the act of preparing for some mysterious performance.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 mins 30 secs
Format
35mm, Digi Beta
Director
Xiaosong Atiyah
Producer
Xiaosong Atiyah
Editor
Richard Horn, Paul Dosaj, Jane Harris
Screenwriter
Xiaosong Atiyah
Director of Photography
Faye
Sound
Stéphane Malenfant
Composer
Elisa Harris, The Chiz Girls
Principal cast
Yse Tran, Tom Wu

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Production Status

Production Company

Xiaosong Atiyah

16 Sydner Road
London N16 7UG
UK

T+44 (0)20 7254 4395

xatiyah@aol.com

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