Project Detail

Those Without Shadows

Synopsis

The film is a modern drama set in London and explores the moral vacuum at the heart of contemporary youth culture.

The film portrays the lives of a brother and sister, highly educated and in their early twenties, who embark on a course of theft, deceit and eventual murder, in order to have the lifestyle they feel they are entitled to.

This leads to a web of intrigue and counter-plotting that eventually leads all the characters into the same bleak universe where all is possible.

The film intricately fuses the different art forms - Music, Drama and Dance - and contains original songs and music especially written for it, and highly innovative dance sequences which give expression to, and explore the emotional nature of, modern society.

Details

Year
2004
Type of film
Features
Running time
85 mins
Format
16mm
Director
John Sweeney
Producer
Nila Maria Myin, John Sweeney
Editor
Nigel Hollick, Mark Walker
Screenwriter
John Sweeney
Director of Photography
David Byrne
Sound
Stephane Malenfant
Music
Tony Moore
Principal cast
Bryn Lucas, Olivia Bonnici, Elisabeth Barat, David Gardini

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Beyond The Line

22 Ridgeway Road
Salisbury SP1 3BU
UK

T+44 (0)20 7320 2860

filmverity@ukf.net

Sales Company

Beyond The Line

22 Ridgeway Road
Salisbury SP1 3BU
UK

T +44 (0)20 7320 2860

filmverity@ukf.net

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