Projects matching: Mark McDermott

Synopsis

The peace of a City is shattered and fear spreads when the population becomes preyed upon at random. People begin searching for the rogue responsible as the intensity of the menace escalates, but the disturbing threat remains anonymous, creating widespread paranoia and panic. Can one person bring society to its knees?

Synopsis

The Jigsaw of Life is an emotional thriller, exploring love, friendship, betrayal, anger, vengeance and enlightenment. The film is set over the course of Duncan's life. His childhood is shown from the arrival of his stepfather, Michael. Duncan's mother, Faye, inadvertently allows them to get trapped in a suffocating atmosphere that slowly poisons them. We see how the young Duncan deals with the situation at home and how it changes him and shapes him for later life. Duncan then moves away to university, where he experiences happiness for the first time, and falls in love with Clara. A close betrayal by his so-called friend, Keith, then starts a chain reaction that leads to him quitting university and losing all direction. Duncan has made a great friend at university, Lee, who sticks with him through thick and thin, as Duncan tries to find some understanding and reasoning in the world. He then meets Pete, who suggests the concept of the jigsaw of life, and this helps Duncan move on and look to the future. Duncan eventually comes face to face with Keith again, and their ultimate confrontation sparks the final climactic scenes.

Synopsis

A dark drama revolving around four characters, two men and two women, who all live in the same house and start out the film as two couples.

Throughout the film three of the main characters crack up. They do this in different ways, under different conditions. They all have strains, and these help push them to the edge and over it. The film shows this progression. At the start, everything is perfect, but things change very quickly and everything continually deteriorates throughout the film.

Some of the pressures experienced by the characters include, work pressures, relationship issues and money problems. But that does not cover all the issues that are involved. There are many other pressures as well, but often these are far too complex to easily pigeonhole. The characters all seem to have a negative impact on each other, and they all help contribute heavily to each other's demise.

One of the characters observes the other three change and break down around him, but he doesn't really see any of it, until the explosive end.