Some Questions, Like Ghosts, Haunt

Synopsis

Independent short. Dr Anders is lecturing his students on Hamlet As he goes along, he can’t avoid thoughts about his own life. He identifies the mysterious nature of Hamlet as the unfathomable nature of our own existence. He tells the group ‘There has been a death’ but his reference is private. He, like Hamlet, is haunted by ghosts; only, they are the questions he keeps asking himself. The listening students are perplexed. Is Dr. Anders referring to the collapse of his marriage; the play or has he actually done something more sinister? All that is clear is the tragic sense of plans going wrong. The rest is silence.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Medium

Film

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Year of release

2014

Duration

10 mins

Credits

Director

Jorge Franco

Producer

Jorge Franco

Cinematographer

Gurdeep Sian

Screenplay

Michael Lane

Cast

Michael Eden

Mr Anders

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Hamlet

Subjects

Drama; Shakespeare

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Awards

Highly Commended in 2014 for Filming Shakespeare, an online competition for short films sponsored by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust and Misfits Inc.