Project Detail

The Chop

Synopsis

A comedy about Yossi, a charismatic Kosher butcher who loses his job, cannot find work at other Kosher butchers, and decides to pretend to be Muslim in order to get work at a Halal butchers.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2016 - Laugh Strand

Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 mins
Format
Digital - Alexa
Director
Lewis Rose
Producer
Daphnée Hocquard
Executive Producer
Michael Etherton, Judy Ironside, James Cotton, Sajid Varda
Editor
Lewis Rose, Samantha Rhodes
Screenwriter
Lewis Rose
Director of Photography
Emma Dalesman
Production Designer
Alexandra Toomey
Sound
Louis Morand
Composer
Koby Israelite
Principal cast
Amir Boutrous, Andy Linden, Waj Ali, Waleed Akhtar, Sajid Varda, Daniel Kramer
Associate Producer
Alex Emanuel, Leanne Dimant, Asher Tlalim

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Cotton Reel Entertainment

Daphnée Hocquard

Sales Company

c/o Cotton Reel Entertainment

Daphnée Hocquard

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