Project Detail

The Guest

Synopsis

Alec, an unemployed professional, helps his wife Kathy run a Bed and Breakfast. A new guest -Mr. Kirkwood, a charming businessman, arrives and unleashes deep feelings of jealousy and paranoia from some dark corner of Alec's mind.

Details

Year
2004
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
16 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Simon Overton
Producer
Irena Taskovsi
Editor
Angela Feeney
Screenwriter
Simon Overton
Director of Photography
James Morton-Haworth
Sound
Robert Prynne
Composer
James Gosling
Principal cast
Ged Simmons, Paul Moriarty

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9
UK

T+44 (0)1494 731457

festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

Sales Company

National Film and Television School

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Road, Beaconsfield
Bucks HP9
UK

T+44 (0)1494 731457

festivals@nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk

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