Project Detail

The Last Client

Synopsis

Trina is a mortician, and has the job of making the dead look good for their funeral. Her daily routine is turned on its head when she discovers her next client, lying on the slab, is her father, who disappeared when she was young.

Sometimes it's difficult to really connect with your parents. Words don't come easy, and at times they don't come at all. For trina, it's now or never.

Details

Year
2005
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
10 mins
Format
HD
Director
Diene Petterle
Producer
Stewart Le Marechal
Editor
Cinzia Baldessari
Screenwriter
Neil Monaghan
Director of Photography
Ole Bratt Birkeland
Sound
David Richmond, Toni Bates
Composer
Simon Lambros
Principal cast
Ginny Holder, Tyrone Huggins, Naomi Simpson, Andrea Mason

Production Status

Production Company

APT Films

225a Brecknock Road
London N19 5AA
UK

T+44 (0)20 7284 1695

stewart@aptfilms.com

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