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

Genre

Asian Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Xiaosong Atiyah

16 Sydner Road
London N16 7UG
UK

T+44 (0)20 7254 4395

xatiyah@aol.com

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