Project Detail

The Copyist

Synopsis

A young girl arrives in a gallery to copy a painting by Degas. While there, she becomes irritated by the footsteps of the gallery attendant. Her nervous anxiety reaches such a point, that she accidentally flicks some red paint onto the original Degas.

Details

Year: 2002
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 5 mins
Format: Video
Director: Frederique Feder
Producer: Hugh Macleod
Editor: Adrienne Ross, Rory Griffin
Screenwriter: Frederique Feder
Director of Photography: James Graham
Sound: Maria Pessoa
Composer: Kirstine Davidson Kelly, Bertrand Fritsch
Principal cast: Janine Eser, Euan Macnaughton

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Elliot Productions

19 Cheyne Place
London SW3 4HJ
UK

T 00 44 (0)786 750 8828

info@elliotproductions.com

Sales Company

Bureau Sales Ltd

sales@shortfilmbureau.com

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