Project Detail

Shank

Christian Martin, Karel Polt

Synopsis

Worlds collide as the lives of Cal and Olivier intersect in SHANK, a gritty coming of age/rites of passage drama.
Cal, an 18-year-old Scally lad and gang member has nothing in his life except drugs, sex, random acts of violence and a secret that he keeps hidden from his mates. An online hook up for sex with a stranger, Scott (36), temporarily satisfies but fails to dampen his unspoken desires for his best mate, Jonno. Nessa, their twisted, foul-mouthed and controlling, de facto gang leader, suspects that there is something going on between them but she can't put her finger on it. Jonno, putty in Nessa'a hands, can't express his own deep rooted and unrequited attachment to Cal. Manipulating situations that bring her closer to having her suspicions confirmed, Nessa sets out about dividing loyalties and encouraging conflict.

Details

Year: 2009
Type of project: Features
Running time: 89 mins
Format: HD
Director: Simon Pearce, Christian Martin (uncredited)
Producer: Christian Martin
Co-Producer: Chris Broughton, Darren Flaxstone
Editor: Darren Flaxstone
Screenwriter: Darren Flaxstone, Christian Martin
Director of Photography: Simon Pearce
Production Designer: Jez Hunziker
Sound: Xander McGrouther
Composer: Barnaby Taylor
Principal cast: Wayne Virgo, Marc Laurent, Tom Bott, Alice Payne

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

FAQs Ltd

The Coach House
56 St Andrews Road
Montpelier
Bristol
BS6 5EH

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Sales Company

Parasol Pictures Releasing Ltd