Project Detail

Waiting At The Gate

Name: Waiting At The Gate
Director: Rocky Palladino
Genre: Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: 80 mins

Fraser Duncan

Synopsis

Robert, 16 years old, is two weeks from leaving school. Now, for the first time in his life, he has to make a serious decision about the future. And that's where things start to go wrong. While his friends have ideas, some extreme, about what they're going to do, Robert sparks an unconventional friendship with a brash, young teacher, who's as much of a lost soul as Robert, and this has an important affect on his life. This could be described as a coming-of-age story but Robert would say, 'It's been done.'

Details

Year: 2008
Type of project: Features
Running time: 80 mins
Format: Super 16mm
Director: Rocky Palladino 1st Feature
Producer: Dave Cray
Co-Producer: Dave Cray
Editor: Philip Clyde-Smith
Screenwriter: Rocky Palladino
Director of Photography: Sam Arjmand
Production Designer: Jude Singleton
Sound: Ed Woodhouse
Composer: Jobie Nam
Principal cast: Joshua Eustace, Luke Cameron

Genre

Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Fade In Productions

170 Banstead Road
Surrey SM7 1QG
UK

waitatgate@yahoo.co.uk

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www.waitingatthegate.com

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