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

Genre

Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

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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