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The Devil is in the Detail

The Devil is in the Detail

Synopsis

On the surface, this is a simple story of Scott, a young guy who committed a series of murders in Dante’s bar. Amongst the bodies he discovered a business card for a specialist cleaning company and in his panic decided to call the number. He struck a deal with the voice at the other end of the phone: Scott can live a worry-free life for one year (the murders will be blamed on somebody else) but at the end of that year (and at exactly the same time that the murders originally occurred), this mysterious benefactor will come calling to collect his prize. Scott, believing that he had no other choice, agreed to this Faustian pact.
True to their word, one year later, Scott meets the somewhat odious Nikolas Apollyon back in Dante’s. During the conversation that follows, however, it dawns on Scott that he’s been tricked...

Details

Year
2025
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
7 min 57 sec
Director
Dean M. Drinkel
Producer
Sharon Axcell
Executive Producer
Debbie Page; Tamar Chatterjee
Editor
Frederic Fournier
Screenwriter
Dean M. Drinkel
Director of Photography
Christophe Carcelle
Production Designer
Lily Faith Knight
Sound
Alan Deacon
Composer
Alan Deacon
Principal cast
Kevin McNally, Dion Marcos, Richard Carnaby

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Production Status

Production Company

DrAx Productions Ltd

Sharon Axcell
https://drax-productions.com

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