Project Detail

The Monument

Synopsis

Samanta rises from the dead after three hundred years, she has one obsessive memory: to find her lover. Remembering that he was soon to sail for war, she know she has something important to tell him. Her search takes Samanta through today's London, a frightening, bewildering place.

Meeting few who will help her, she searches for the river Thames with Jack, her new acquaintance. Traveling on to her conclusion of what has become of her situation, when she finds The Monument.

Details

Year
2009
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
20 mins
Format
Super 16mm
Director
Susan Douglas
Producer
Susan Douglas
Co-Producer
Susan Douglas
Editor
Oliver Potterton
Screenwriter
A J Weston, Susan Douglas
Director of Photography
Janet Tovey
Sound
Tate Sound Design, Vanesa Tate, Dominque Decouvoux
Composer
Christopher Weston
Principal cast
Hanne Steen, Chris Dunne, Niko Nicoterra

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Vesta Films Ltd

87 Swains Lane
London N6 6PJ
UK

T +44 (0)208 348 2778

info@vestafilms.co.uk

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