THE PORTRAIT
UK | 2022 | Colour | 11 min 32 sec | Producer
Short Fiction
This short film explores the life of Alan (40), in the terminal stage of pancreatic cancer, has less than 6 months of life to live and runs a photo studio. He is very negative about life and never smiles. One day, before the photo studio closed, Nala (20), came to visit, asking Alan to take a portrait of her for her funeral. This is Nala's annual routine, updating a profile photo in case of emergencies. After Nala leaves, Alan decided to take a photo of himself with smiling face. Through the process, Alan starts to face his death with optimism.
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Crew:
Written and directed by An Hsu
Produced by Ana Graça
Cinematographer: Lewis Shih
Sound recordist: Weili Hsing and Luke Minet
Boom Operator: Han Zhu and Satyendranath Bazaaru
First A.C and gaffer.: Xianyuan Ding
Editor: An Hsu
Script Supervisor.: Razin Kurikkal
Cast:
Siân Kayleigh as Nala
Alex Fung as Alan
Nicole Kent as Natasha
Shala as Eve
Owen Corder as Johny
