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Subculture

Synopsis

For different reasons Darryl and Lilly have ended up sleeping rough in the back alleys of London. Over the course of an evening, they find themselves tangled in an escalating problem that they quickly need to diffuse.
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Details

Year
2011
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
14 mins 33 secs
Format
RED
Director
Elfar Adalsteins
Producer
Elfar Adalsteins, James Marquand, Sigvaldi Karason
Editor
Sigvaldi Karason
Screenwriter
Elfar Adalsteins
Director of Photography
Matthew Whyte
Production Designer
Daniel Newton
Sound
Nicolas Liebing
Composer
Biggi Hilmarsson
Principal cast
Tuppence Middleton, Joseph Kennedy, Mark Womack
Production Manager
Livia Rao

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Berserk Films

Burkes Crescent
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1PD
UK

Sales Company

Berserk Films

Burkes Crescent
Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9 1PD
UK

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