Project Detail

Three Days

Synopsis

London 8am. A letter arrives. Finder's lover is leaving on an early train for Paris. He rushes to the Eurostar terminus but his hopes of catching her are extinguished by missed connections and a tube delay.


'However much you think you're prepared for something, you never are'.


From a Eurostar telephone Finder calls his work-partner, Blind Date Man, only to find a journal belonging to a Canadian actress just arrived in London, Tina 'The Tourist'. The journal contains Tina's money, passport, and a Polaroid of her host and mentor, Wheelchair Woman.


'One moment you're one person, the next you can be someone completely different'.


As Finder is led on a three-day journey of chance and coincidence we meet a host of other eccentric characters whose paths entwine. The compassionate Buddhist Fashion Victim, beautiful Question Mark Woman, her naive admirer Kebab Boy, and the enigmatic Caretaker.


But Finder has still to locate Tina. He takes another look at the Polaroid. It looks like any other tourist snapshot, but with one difference - he recognises himself in the background . . .


. . . of a picture that hasn't been taken. Yet.


'Maybe if we were confused all the time, things would be a lot clearer'.

Details

Year
1999
Type of project
Features
Running time
100 mins
Format
35mm Kodak
Director
Andrew Hill, Ronald Austin 1st Feature
Producer
Dandy Bishop, Sport Torres
Director of Photography
Ronald Austin
Principal cast
Andrew Hill, Caterina Turroni, David Thomas, Nick Makasis, Karen Rose
Executive Screen Writers
Andrew Hill, Ronald Austin

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Production Status

Production Company

Austin Hill Film Productions Limited 97 Golborne Road London W10 5NL Tel/Fax: 020 8960 4588

Sales Company

Stranger Than Fiction Golden House 29 Great Pulteney Street London W1R 3DD Tel: 020 7734 5489 Fax: 020 7734 5490 Email: gracarley@aol.com

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