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Soap

Synopsis

Arthur has spent 30 years working as a mechanic at the coal mine, but he's paid a high price; he is obsessed with washing. The film uses both high contrast black and white and colour imagery to explore how his job - and consequently the obsession that it has created - affects his social life and his relationships with his mistress and his wife.

Details

Year: 1998
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 10 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Dave Ainley
Producer: Dave Ainley
Director of Photography: Jon Wilson
Principal cast: Steve Evets, Amber Styles and Mary Marren
Screen Writer: Dave Ainley

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Dave Ainley 27 Braham Road, Sheffield S9 3EA Tel: 0114 242 4099

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