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The Visitor

Synopsis

Ted spends his last few hours in his family home absorbed by its associations with the past, which can't be removed as easily as its contents. A new life in a retirement home awaits but an unexpected visitor brings Ted's fear of the outside world crashing in on his solitary contemplation.

Details

Year
2002
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
8 mins
Format
35mm
Director
Steen Agro
Producer
Wendy Lilly
Editor
Liza Ryan-Carter
Screenwriter
Robert Reeves
Director of Photography
Nigel Walters BSC
Sound
Chris Atkinson
Composer
Trevor Masterson
Principal cast
Ken Jones, Stefanie Wilmore, Gavin James

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Parallax (Dockers) Ltd

Contact: Wendy Lilly
c/o 7 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LZ
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7836 1478

wendy@parallaxpictures.co.uk

Sales Company

Parallax (Dockers) Ltd

Contact: Wendy Lilly
c/o 7 Denmark Street
London
WC2H 8LZ
UK

T 00 44 (0)20 7836 1478

wendy@parallaxpictures.co.uk

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