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The Man In The Closet

Synopsis

A quite depressed writer, Ia, meets one of his old friends at a bar who starts talking about another old friend Teddy, who is in a terrible state mentally. Ia visits Teddy and finds him in the freezer, destroyed by paranoia. Ia tries to calm him down but doesn't succeed. Teddy reaches his climax of insanity when he starts drilling holes into his neighbours flat.

Details

Year
2003
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
13 mins 40 secs
Format
35mm
Director
Tomas Lokke-Sorensen
Producer
Tomas Lokke-Sorensen
Editor
Ola Brattas
Screenwriter
Tomas Lokke-Sorensen
Sound
Thomas Ulfberg
Principal cast
Per Egil Aske, John Nyutstumo, Robert Skjærstad, Ulf Vengård, Veslemoy Haslund, Erik Bolstad, Roger Ekse, Knut Nordin
Lighting Cameraman
Martin Nisser
Camera Operator
Martin Nisser

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street,
London WC2H 9UB
UK

T +44 (0)20 7836 9642

c.bright@lfs.org.uk

Sales Company

The London Film School

24 Shelton Street,
London WC2H 9UB
UK

T +44 (0)20 7836 9642

c.bright@lfs.org.uk

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