Project Detail

Why Don't You Dance?

Synopsis

In front of his house, in between furniture and traces of his past life, a man waits. A young couple arrives and awkward, superficial conversation takes place, but the unlikely threesome experience something deeper, something emotional. The strange encounter ends in a dance of unexpressed loneliness and despair.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 22mins
Format: 35mm
Director: Marius Olteanu
Producer: Michelle Eastwood
Editor: Alexandru Radu
Screenwriter: Marius Olteanu, Raymond Carver
Director of Photography: Felix Wiedemann
Production Designer: Jessica Sinclair
Sound: Susannah Lawrence
Composer: Stuart Earl
Principal cast: Sean Campion, Natasha Barrero, Sam Curtis

Genre

Literary Adaption Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

National Film and TV School

Station Rd
Beaconsfield HP9 1LG
UK

festivals@nfts.co.uk

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