Project Detail

The Cost of Living

Synopsis

A surreal, comedy-noir about waking up to life: When Lily, a disconnected, neurotic, ‘wellness'-freak, has a brush with death, she comes face-to-face with her greatest fear. But Death appears to Lily as a femme fatale and Lily finds herself unexpectedly giddy with desire...
Official Selection BFI Flare LGBTQI+ Film Festival 2021 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2021
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 13 min
Format: 4K
Director: Alice Trueman
Producer: Alex Hurle, Katie Hodgkin
Executive Producer: Thomas Wightman
Editor: Alice Trueman
Screenwriter: Alice Trueman
Director of Photography: Lorena Pages
Production Designer: Clarissa Livock
Sound: James Cobbold
Music: Kerry Leatham
Principal cast: Lily Loveless, Genesis Lynea

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Woman Director Comedy Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Supported by BFI NETWORK

Vault Films

49 Pound Lane
Canterbury
CT1 2BZ

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