Project Detail

The World We Knew

Name: The World We Knew
Director: WW Jones & Luke Skinner
Genre: Drama
Released: 2020
Duration: 78 min

Synopsis

England. The present day. After a job goes bad, six armed robbers must spend a single night at a deserted safe house. But during their stay malevolent apparitions appear and the men find themselves fighting for their lives and their sanity. What is real and what is the product of their tormented minds? Haunted by their past misdemeanours, mutual distrust and by things that go bump in the night the men start to lose their fragile grip on reality. But is it guilt or ghosts that finally push them over the edge? And who - or what - will step out of the front door the next day? THE WORLD WE KNEW is a modern Film Noir with an existential twist – think RESERVOIR DOGS shot by Jean-Pierre Melville.

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Details

Year: 2020
Type of project: Features
Running time: 78 min
Format: Digital (Arri Alexa)
Director: WW Jones & Luke Skinner 1st Feature
Producer: Andy Orr
Executive Producer: James Buchanan
Editor: William Martin
Screenwriter: Kirk Lake & WW Jones
Director of Photography: Laurens Scott
Production Designer: Sal Pittman
Sound: Michael F. Bates
Composer: The Limiñanas
Principal cast: Struan Rodger, Finbar Lynch, Johann Myers, Kirk Lake, Alex Wells
Soundtrack Note: Includes an original soundtrack by French band The Limiñanas (who are currently working with Anton Newcombe and French actress/singer Emmanuelle Seigner as part of L'Épée).

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Powis Square Pictures Ltd

Andy Orr

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