Project Detail

Subterfugue

Synopsis

Subterfugue is an exiting and innovative piece of work which tells the story of a mother and daughter who have been separated at birth and cross paths by chance on the London Underground. The moment of their encounter provokes a flash of memory in both women who revisit a dream they both had where their alternate fates unite in the ebb and flow of the city.

Details

Year: 2000
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 13 mins
Format: 35mm Kodak
Director: Richard Johnson
Producer: Kitty North, Patrick Garrett
Editor: James Canty
Director of Photography: Damian Bromley
Sound: Arlen Figgis
Composer: Arlen Figgis
Principal cast: Jan De Villeneuve, Kate Orr
Executive Screen Writer: Christophe Warrack

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Tempo Productions Limited 51 Archel Road London W14 9QS Tel: 0976 383 730 Fax: 020 7381 1892 tempestpm@hotmail.com

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