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The Entertainer

Synopsis

One night and one day in the life of a Joe, a musician in his mid 30s who's artistically and personally stagnating, feeling like everyone's overtaking him. After a failed gig he gets wasted, loses his keys and being too cheap for a locksmith he goes on a hungover one day journey in search for his keys, having several encounters that challenge his expectations of art and life as a whole.

Details

Year
2024
Type of film
Features
Running time
97 min
Director
David Clay Diaz
Producer
David Clay Diaz, Mehdi Meskar, Julian Krubasik
Editor
Melanie Schmidt, Lisa Geretschläger
Screenwriter
David Clay Diaz, Catherine O'Shea, Mehdi Meskar
Director of Photography
Julian Krubasik
Sound
Gerardo Pastor Ruiz, Mehdi Meskar
Composer
Ros Gilman
Principal cast
Alexander Arnold, Anna Fanta, Jake Davies, Florence Keith Roach

Genre

Music Comedy Drama Dance

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

David Clay Diaz, Mehdi Meskar and Julian Krubasik

296A Kentish Town Road
London
NW5 2TG

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