Swimmer
Synopsis
What follows is an uncompromising portrait of the struggles of a former potential Olympic swimming champion who now lives a reclusive life cloistered in her flat next to the boy's.
He, unseen, patiently observing, becomes obsessed with the swimmer, provoking perverted sexual fantasies that lead to intense behaviour within him, bordering on the misogynistic. He ultimately turns her already troubled life upside down when their paths accidentally cross. The boy manipulates his way into her heart. Both are emotionally fragile and fetishes abound in the teenager's mind. It isn't long before his desires become inexorable and he sets out to destroy what he can't have, leading to an explosive, nail-biting climax.
Details
- Year
- 2006
- Type of project
- Features
- Running time
- 70 mins
- Format
- DV Cam
- Director
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Ash Mahmood
- Producer
- Naeem Mahmood
- Editor
- Ash and Naeem Mahmood
- Screenwriter
- Ash Mahmood
- Director of Photography
- Adriatik Ragipi
- Sound
- Neil Maddison
- Principal cast
- Kyle Summercorn, Aude Bunel, Kevin Rodenas, Charlie Mooney, Neil Maddison
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
Transient Film Exchange
Riverside StudiosCrisp Road
Hammersmith
London W6 9RL
UK
T+44 (0)7732 723 884
Sales Company
Transient Film Exchange
39 Sinclair RoadKensington Olympia
London W14 0NS
UK
T +44 (0)20 7371 2527
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