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The Waiting Room

Synopsis

Two complete strangers, Anna (32) and Stephen (30), are brought together by chance by an elderly man named Roger who waits for his wife on a station platform. While they sit together in the deserted waiting room, Roger quietly reminisces about the special things he and his wife did when they were younger. As Stephen and Anna listen they are drawn together and make a connection. Anna is a single mother trying to do the right thing but sucked into a damaging affair with her best friend's husband. Stephen is coasting in a relationship with a partner who suddenly decides she wants a baby. Their fateful meeting acts as a catalyst for them to examine and challenge what is going on in their different relationships, and make hard but positive decisions for themselves. If they can change their lives perhaps they can meet again.

Details

Year
2007
Type of project
Features
Running time
105 mins
Format
HiDef
Director
Roger Goldby
Producer
Stephen Evans
Executive Producer
Stephen Evans
Editor
David Thrasher
Screenwriter
Roger Goldby
Director of Photography
James Aspinall
Production Designer
Ana Viana
Sound
Sam Diamond
Composer
Ed Butt
Principal cast
Anne-Marie Duff, Ralf Little, Rupert Graves, Frank Finlay, Phyllida Law, Zoe Telford, Christine Bottomley

Genre

Drama

Categories

Fiction

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Bright Pictures Ltd.

36 Marshall Street
London W1F 7EY
UK

T+44 (0)20 7478 5158

enquires@brightpictures.co.uk

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