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Forum of Independents 2002 / Showdown / United Kingdom 2001

A duel in a fitness centre, shot in the style of Sergio Leone’s “Spaghetti Westerns”: why are men always fighting an endless battle with each other and with themselves?

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Synopsis

A duel in a fitness centre, shot in the style of Sergio Leone’s “Spaghetti Westerns”: why are men always fighting an endless battle with each other and with themselves?

About the film

4 min / Black & white, 35 mm

Director Massimo Garlatti-Costa / Screenplay Massimo Garlatti-Costa / Dir. of Photography Rory Taylor / Music Danny Chang / Editor William Oswald / Producer Pauline Williams / Production Gaucho / Cast Nigel Jones, Matt Rockall, Steffan Trefor

About the director


Massimo Garlatti-Costa studied in Italy and Sheffield before he moved to Cardiff. He has made the following films: The Hitcher (1997), The Man with Two Eyes (1997), You Belong to Me (1998), Why Did You Stop Me Mother? (1998), The Bridge (1999).

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