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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.

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

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