Player (2008)

The story of a claustrophobic relationship between a single mother and her piano prodigy son. Arriving in a tight-knit rural community, the pair become embroiled in local romances which push their own relationship to boiling point.

Director:

Mary Nighy

Writer:

Sam Hodges

Stars:

Pete Postlethwaite, Haydn Gwynne, Sam Hodges

Cast

Credited cast:
Pete Postlethwaite	...	Colin
Haydn Gwynne	...	Marion
Sam Hodges	...	Dromio
Celia Imrie	...	Laetitia
Amanda Fairbank-Hynes	...	Tabitha
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Basil Marples	...	Party Guest
Sapphira Marples	...	Party Guest (as Sapphira Sen-Gupta)

Storyline

Dromio (24), a piano prodigy from birth, has been home-educated by his beautiful, single mother Marion (46). As they move into a tight-knit rural community on the coast of Suffolk, Marion seeks to draw her awkward son out of his shell by simultaneously playing on his sexual devotion to her whilst thrusting him into the path of an infatuated local girl, Tabitha (19). Marion's attempts to attach herself to Colin, a married aspiring Casanova, serve to raise Dromio's newly-awakened desires to boiling-point, sweeping all four characters up along with them.

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Genres:

Short | Drama

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

3 October 2008 (UK)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greene Light Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

20 min

Color:

Color

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