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Plain Pleasures

Plain Pleasures

  1. Overview
  2. Fact Sheet

Based on a 1941 short story by Jane Bowles. Alva Perry an awkward and reserved widow is persuaded to go out for dinner with her neighbour, an equally reserved bachelor. The date starts very badly and only gets worse. It is a story about how people can let awful things happen in fear of disrupting social convention.

The film

  • Film identity

    Original title: Plain Pleasures

    Directed by: Sarah COX

    Country: United Kingdom

    Year of production: 2002

    Running time: 07 min 13 s

  • Technique

    Category:

    Techniques used: drawing on cels, drawing on paper (ink, paint, pencil), animated objects, 2D computer, live action

    Process: Colour

  • Credits

    Directed by: Sarah COX

    Production: PICASSO PICTURES, Serena JENKS

    Distribution: PICASSO PICTURES, Tom SILLS

    Script: Serena Jenks

    Animation: Sarah Cox

    Camera: Keiran McGuigan

    Music: Oliver Davies

    Sound: Oliver Davies

    Editing: Rod Main

    Voice: Julia Raynor, Tim Newton