The Actress (2012)

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Country: UK
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 2012-09-20
Director: Ben Charles Edwards
Writers: N/A
Language: English
Stars: Sadie Frost , Perry Benson , Sally Phillips (I) , Morgana Robinson , Tom Bacon , Lola Coca , Kaylee Cooper , Jason S. Dack , Sorcha Finch-Murray , Jack Gow
Runtime: 20 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Actress (United Kingdom) , The Actress
Plot: It is the twilight of a grand old movie star's life. Poor health and old age have robbed her of her glamour, her career and now - probably within hours - her life. The end is near. She arrives, surrounded by her parasitic entourage, at a cinema for a private showing of her greatest screen moments. Kicking the hangers-on out, she sits alone in the dark as the light of the projector illuminates the silver screen and her previous youth and beauty. In a daring escape from the inevitable, she enters the screen and is suddenly back in her movies - a star once more. She tumbles from genre to genre in scenes taking in the silent era, film noir, '70s sci-fi sexploitation and '90s sitcom land. It is a desperate attempt to outsmart and outrun the apparition of death itself, which pursues her through the scenes. Inevitable or not - this old movie diva isn't going without a fight. This is the story of a shooting star who refuses to fade away or go gently into that good night.
IMDB:tt2413218