Project Detail

The Living and the Dead

Synopsis

A provoking blend of European arthouse sensibilities combined with the tight plotting and disturbing violence of films by the likes of Shinya Tsukamoto, Chan-Wook Park and Kim Ki Duk, The Living And The Dead is a horrowing and hardcore British film that will genuinely unnerve its audience.

Details

Year
2007
Type of film
Features
Running time
84 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Simon Rumley
Producer
Elliot Grove, Carl Schoenfeld
Editor
Ben Putland
Screenwriter
Simon Rumley
Director of Photography
Milton Kam
Production Designer
Will Field
Sound
Keith Tunney
Music
Richard Chester
Principal cast
Leo Bill, Kate Fahy, Roger Lloyd Pack

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Giant Films

24 Hanway Street
London W1T 1UH
UK

T +44 (0)20 7290 0765

Sales Company

Imagination Worldwide, LLC.

9107 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 625
Beverley Hills, CA 90210
USA

T +1 310 888 3494

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