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The Hand of the Creator

Synopsis

The Hand of the Creator is a film within a film; a collage of diverse genres (melodrama, satire, suspense) brought together under the impressionistic lights of film noir. It tells the story of a powerful producer who contracts an unknown actress to seduce and inspire a troubled film director.
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Details

Year
2016
Type of project
Features
Running time
90 mins
Format
Super 16mm
Director
Odilon Rocha
Producer
Clare Cahill, Odilon Rocha
Co-Producer
Deborah Osborn, Jeff Simpson, Andrea Giusti, Upneet Khaur-Nagpal
Editor
Andre Finotti
Screenwriter
Odilon Rocha
Director of Photography
Ulrich Burtin
Production Designer
Angel Parmar
Principal cast
Jack Gordon, Sam Phillips, Rochelle Neil, Aiden Shaw, Claudia Ohana, Jerry Hall

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

Nothing But Fiction Films Ltd

11a Chapter Street
Pimlico
London
SW1P 4NY

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