Project Detail

Trouble

Synopsis

Exploring the intricate dynamics between two brothers in their early twenties as they attempt to navigate their divorced parents’ shortcomings, when Mum shows up uninvited to Dad’s birthday barbecue.
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2024

Details

Year: 2024
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 19 min 59 sec
Format: digital 1:85.1
Director: Sarah Blok
Producer: Arpita Ashok
Editor: Benjamin Sales
Screenwriter: Sarah Blok, Shadrach Agozino, Isaac O'Connor-Adekoya
Director of Photography: Owen Cant
Production Designer: Melissa Davis
Sound: Alex Feingold
Composer: Ricky Cherim
Principal cast: Shadrach Agozino, Isaac O'Connor-Adekoya, Justine Midda, Tyrone huggins
First AD: Yaz Evans

Genre

Woman Director Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

NFTS (National Film and Television School)

Beaconsfield Studios
Station Rd
Beaconsfield
HP9 1LG

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Kevin and Cassandra are a married couple who have lost their only daughter Hannah in a freak car accident. They both raised her differently. Kevin had been a traditional parent, Cassandra a permissive one. While Hannah had decided to exhibit her body and mind online, she cut adrift from her father and gravitates towards her mother. Her death drove a wedge between them. Their lounge becomes a battlefield where incendiary words and spiteful things are said. Their marriage is one where opposites no longer attract. Kevin is filled with loathing for his in-laws, his daughter’s boyfriend, himself. Cassandra wears her daughter’s favorite colours with pride and exhibits her painting on the walls. Kevin finds he is powerless in his home and Cassandra mocks the fact that it was her father who bought it. And when he finally leaves it, he leaves Cassandra forever.

Black Drama