Project Detail

Vinyan

Name: Vinyan
Director: Fabrice du Welz
Genre: Horror, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Released: 2008
Duration: 95 mins

Synopsis

Unable to accept the loss of their son in the 2005 Tsunami, Jeanne and Paul Bellmer have remained in Phuket. Desperately clinging to the fact that his body was never recovered, Jeanne has convinced herself that the boy was kidnapped by traffickers in the chaos that followed the catastrophe - that her son is still alive. Paul is sceptical, but cannot bring himself to shatter his wife's last hope. Bribing the sinister Mr Gao to take them by boat to the pirate-infested jungles of the Thai/Burmese border, the traumatised couple embark on a quest that will plunge them through paranoia and betrayal, ever deeper into an alien universe, a supernatural realm where the dead are never truly dead, and where nightmares, obsession and horrifying reality converge.

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 95 mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Fabrice du Welz 1st Feature 2nd Feature
Producer: Peter Carlton
Co-Producer: Michael Gentile, Dominique Janne
Executive Producer: Peter Carlton
Editor: Colin Monie
Screenwriter: Fabrice du Welz, Olly Blackburn, David Greig
Director of Photography: Benoit Debie
Production Designer: Arin Pinijvararak
Sound: Frederic Meert
Principal cast: Emmanuelle Beart, Rufus Sewell
Financing Agents: Backup Films

Genre

Horror Drama Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Pilchard Productions Ltd

pilchardproduction@mac.com

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