Programme Title: 

The Filmmakers House

Duration:

01:15:08

Production Company:

Marc Isaacs Films 

24 Second Avenue E179QH

Contact Details: 

Tel00447968743896

Producer:

Rachel Wexler / Marc Isaacs

Director:

Marc Isaacs

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MARC  ISAACS FILMS 

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MARC: Look at me, look at me. I was looking for you everywhere.

MIKEL: (Sigh)

MARC: One of your homeless friends told me you were here. I was worried about you.

MIKEL: Marc sorry.

MARC: No it’s not your fault (laughing with Mikel).

MIKEL: Sorry (laughing). Mmm.

MARC: What happened to you?

MIKEL: It’s infection this one.

MARC: Aw nasty.

MIKEL: I don’t know it’s like sepsis. Er, I’m very poor with that err…

MARC: Septic is it? Septic…

MIKEL: Yeah I scratch it with dirty hands or something and… it infected like around here. It was like hard, rock hard. I can’t move hands. Nothing.

MARC: Have you told your mother Mikel?

MIKEL: Not yet.

MARC: Are you going to tell her or not?

MIKEL: I tell her when I get fit.

MARC: Hmm…

MIKEL: It’s better don’t tell her, let her know. Too much shocks.

Too many shocks yeah?

MIKEL: (Coughing)

MIKEL: This is good. Ahhh. This may be good for your movie.

MARC: What you being in hospital?

MIKEL: (Laughing) That is real! (laughing) That’s real thing.

MARC: Mikel, I’ll see you, er, see you soon. Take this in case. Keep your phone, um, 

MIKEL: Thank you Marc.

MARC: And for some juice and stuff and keep your phone charged up, yeah?

MIKEL: Yeah because there is difficult to get something.

MARC: Yeah. Keep in contact yeah?

MIKEL: Thank you Marc.

MARC: I’ll call you later.

MIKEL: I top up and I call you straight away back.

MARC: Brilliant. You’ll probably be a few days.

MIKEL: Yeah I let you know how it’s go.

MARC: OK. Just call me if you need anything yeah? Yeah?

MIKEL: Thank you.

MARC: See you soon.

MIKEL: Take care Marc. Thank you for visiting. 

MARC: No, no it’s not problem.

MIKEL: Thank you. And thank you for the juice and money, thank you. You first person who was here.

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Skype ringing

(Over Marc filming screen)

A Film by Marc Isaacs

MARC: Can you hear me OK?

RACHEL: What are you doing?

MARC: Can you hear me?

RACHEL: I can hear you.

MARC: Excuse me filming. I’m just trying to stop myself from going mad in this sort of limbo.

RACHEL: It’s a bit disconcerting Marc.

MARC: Is it? Why?

RACHEL: Well I’m not used to being one of your people am I.

MARC: No, I suppose not.

RACHEL: I’ll live with it. So how are things?

MARC: Yeah OK you know as I said I’m just sort of fed up waiting around. I just want to get on and make, you know, make this film and do what I do best really.

RACHEL: I know, I know it’s really tricky.

MARC: So what happened at the meeting?

RACHEL: Well, well do you want the good news or the bad news?

MARC: Er, always like the bad news first.

RACHEL: Okay. Yeah that’s typical I’d rather give you the bad news. So yeah… not really… not really… no one is really running with it. No one is really excited I’m afraid.

MARC: Okay. What did people say?

RACHEL: Well, you know, they… it’s not really the kind of thing that they can pitch upwards as they say.

MARC: (Laughing) What does that mean, what the hell does that mean?

RACHEL: Well, they all have bosses, and their bosses have bosses. And then those bosses… I don’t know, it’s not… the commissioning editors don’t really have the power to do anything really so.

MARC: Yeah.

RACHEL: So what they need to be able to do is pitch it to someone else.

MARC: Hmm.

RACHEL: In one line.

MARC: Yup.

RACHEL: And they also need to sell it with some talent. I know you’re… (laughing) you are talented Marc (laughing)

MARC: You’re making me feel really good – this is… unbelievable 

RACHEL: Unless you’ve got crime, death, serial killer… um… what else would they like?

MARC: So my headline of kind of sort of…

RACHEL: Sex!

MARC: …my headline of ordinary people doesn’t really go down too well.

RACHEL: No. They want, yeah… they want something that obviously someone’s going to go ‘well there’s 300 serial killers on offer” so which, why, why would I come to this serial killer. You know, that’s…

MARC: (Sigh) I’m not bloody interested in serial killers Rachel. I’m interested in ordinary human beings.

RACHEL: Well… I think are serial killers ordinary people? (laughing) Has it got to that now? I don’t know. They are ordinary people. They still go to the supermarket presumably. So, serial killers in the bath!

MARC: Agh, Jesus, man. What….

RACHEL: So how can we do serial killers in a different way Marc?

MARC: They’re obsessed with darkness. The everyday problems of human beings can be interesting too. Where do we go with this? 

RACHEL: I don’t know, I think you should just make it. I think you should just start filming. Just, just film it, just do it.

MARC: Agh, for god’s sake…

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LUCY: (calling from downstairs) Bye Marc, see you later.

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KEITH: (sigh) Sorry we’re late, the traffic was absolute murder.

MARC: No worries, go on through.

KEITH: What we got to do here now is these panels here. They’re the first thing that we’ve got to take out and get them out the way. OK?

MARC: Keith? Just to be clear with you, I’m filming around the house today for this film that I’m making. You don’t have to do anything that you wouldn’t ordinarily do. You can just carry on as normal. Is that alright with you?

KEITH: Alright then.

MARC: Hi Zara.

ZARA: Ah, you’re filming me.

(Coughing in background)

Zara: Please be careful of my plants.

MARC: Keith? I’ve had a bit of a problem with a film that I’ve been trying to make. Do you think you could do the job a little bit cheaper than the £600 we agreed on?

KEITH: No course I can’t I mean that’s the price. I say if I could have done it cheaper I would have given you a cheaper price in the first place. That’s my price. It’s as simple as that. That’s the price I gave you and you agreed to it.

MARC: Okay no worries.

KEITH: (heavy breathing) Cor. Here y’ar. Got it? Cor, blimey. blimey..there’s people in and out all the time.

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MARC: I wasn’t expecting you to come today Nery.

NERY: Yes.

MARC: I’m really sorry to hear about your Mum passing away.

NERY: Oh Marc, it was hard for me.

MARC: Nery I’m going to be filming around the house today, I’ve arranged quite a lot of different things. Is it OK if I do a little bit of filming with you? Maybe you can tell me all about what happened with your Mum.

NERY: Maybe, maybe.

MARC: Would you mind about that?

NERY: Excuse me?

MARC: You know sometimes filming can help, help, in these situations.

NERY: Ah (sigh).

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MARC: Are you OK?

NERY: My brother, wanna make it crazy you know. Because he want I go to the funeral but I don’t want to go to the funeral. But he, he, wants, but I don’t. I don’t (sigh). This is the last time when I saw her in the hospital. And somebody took me this picture for me.

MARC: She was still alive then?

NERY: Yeah. She was, she was. But when I have to go back to London on that day, and when I came to the airport my brother call me and say my mum has passed away. So…

MARC: Do you mind talking about your Mum?

NERY: It’s good for me to talk about this.

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Conversation through window.

NERY: Hello, hello.

MIKEL: How are you madame?

NERY: Fine thank you, and you?

MIKEL: Very good, cleaning today?

NERY: Yes, I’m cleaning. Yes. Haha, OK my darling…

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MARC: What happened Nery?

NERY: He wants some money.

MARC: Oh not again. Okay give him some money.

NERY: Okay.

MARC: Can you shut the door because of the cats! No, no wait there, she’ll bring it to you. Where are you going? Stay there.

MIKEL: No worries mate I don’t steal nothing, mate.

MARC: Oh shit.

MIKEL: Thank you for your help mate.

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MARC: Nery can I ask you some more questions about your Mum in a minute?

MIKEL: You very nice person.

NERY: Oh thank you. Excuse me?

MARC: Let’s just deal with him first.

MIKEL: Oh sorry.

NERY: It’s alright.

MARC: Nery we can talk about her upstairs again.

NERY: You can lay down if you want.

MIKEL: Oh thank you, just for couple of minutes.

NERY: Yeah yeah yeah, go. That’s fine.

MIKEL: Okay. (sigh) Thank you. (Deep breaths)

MARC: Are you feeling OK?

MIKEL: Yeah alright. Much better.

MARC: Would you be up for letting me do a little interview with you about your life?

MIKEL: To lie on this bed is beautiful

MARC: Hmm? Yeah?

MIKEL: Ah, beautiful. Perfect.

MARC: Had your mum been ill for a long time?

NERY: He can sleep there for about 5 minutes? Or what do you think?

MARC: However long he stays we’ve got to keep an eye on him. We can’t just leave him here.

NERY: Okay. So, I go to the kitchen.

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NERY: Marc! Oh my god come quick, please!

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NERY: Falafel. Oh, it’s Leonard. Leonard! What can I do?

MARC: Let’s try and scare him off.

NERY: It’s alright!

MARC: Scare him away and just take it I think.

NERY: Oh! (laughing) No, Leonard. Leonard!

ZARA: Hello.

MARC: Hello Zara. Wow what is all this food?

ZARA: Because it’s Ramadan. I want to share with you.

MARC: That’s so nice of you. Thank you. Maybe you should put it over there. The cat has just got a pigeon on the floor.

ZARA: I have come bad time?

MARC: So nice. You can put it on the cooker.

NERY: Look.

MARC: Just throw the whole bin away I think Nery.

ZARA: I’m a little bit scared of cats and dogs.

MARC: Are you?

ZARA: Yeah.

NERY: Marc. There is blood in here. Look, there and there.

MARC: Right, shall we get some bleach or something?

NERY: Er, no. Not bleach! You can’t put bleach in the carpet. You have the special…

ZARA: Where did the cat catch the pigeon?

MARC: He sits in the tree and he just pulls them out of the tree. He does it all the time.

ZARA: Yeah once he done in our garden, to catch the pigeon.

MARC: Right, does he come in your garden a lot?

ZARA: Yeah. All the time. You know the…er… there’s a plant and there’s a mud. She always sit on the mud and lay down.  She comes in our shed as well. She comes in our toilet and she does all the time the pooing in the garden. Especially the grey one.

MARC: Ah, oh I’m sorry.

ZARA: Pssst!

KEITH: Cor, can you smell that fucking curry?

JED: This time in the morning – god.

KEITH: I know.

ZARA: There’s a chickpea pilau, there’s chicken boneless Handi

MARC: Okay, that’s really nice of you thank you.

ZARA: There’s chana and marsh dhal mix

MARC: I’ll cook for you one day soon.

ZARA: And there’s a bhindi. Okra is a vegetable. And there is our traditional roti. We call it roti. It’s very important to give the food in Ramadan because it’s the blessing month. It means, Allah will give you more reward.

MARC: You know when I first moved in here and I, erm, introduced myself to your mother in-law and she said to me “ah, you Jew?”. 

ZARA: Yeah, because…

MARC: What did she mean by that?

ZARA: You know, like. We are Muslim and you are Jew. So since when the Islam came the Jewish always enemy of the Muslim and the Muslim always…

MARC: (laughing) Haha does she not like me?

ZARA: Maybe because they said you don’t need to be friend with the Jewish people because they are enemy.

MARC: Okay.

ZARA: Of the Muslim people!

MARC: Oh my god.

ZARA: I’m going to come back to heat up this food again. I need to look after my husband.

MARC: How is he at the moment?

ZARA: He’s not really very well…

MARC: I hear him coughing all the time.

ZARA: Yeah, yeah he’s a chain smoker.

MARC: Yeah. How do you put up with it? Why do you stay there?

ZARA: I have no choice. Because I got a son. That’s our culture. Can’t escape.

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NERY: Marc.

MARC: Yeah?

NERY: Do you want to do now?

MARC: Yeah, yeah I think you have to clean the blood off

You must have a really tiring life Zara.

ZARA: Of course I have a really tiring life. I’m a mother, I’m a student, I’m a carer, I’m housewife.

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JED: Must be boiling.

KEITH: Must be boiling! That’s an understatement. Tell you what mate, glad I don’t live in London anymore. I don’t have to worry about fences and neighbours and everything else. I have got all open fields and everything around me so I ain’t got to worry about no neighbours. Used to live in London and all I had was fucking rows with them. Especially my next-door neighbour, Greek geezer. Horrible bloke, fucking horrible bloke. Had nothing but problems with him.

(coughing in distance)

KEITH: Tell you what mate, I don’t know why they want a lower fence I would have kept it a lot bloody higher than this seeing them next door. That’s it, bring it in behind here mate. Lovely, that’s it. Right, then we just get that in behind the post here. Yep. Lovely. Right hold that there a minute.

(coughing in distance)

KEITH: (Sigh). Cor blimey. (Sigh).

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NERY: Do you want to move these boxes to somewhere?

MARC: No Nery please, just leave those ones. They need to stay where they are.

NERY: Ah, OK.

MARC: Some things you just shouldn’t move, they just need to stay where they are.

NERY: That’s fine. I just clean the dust.

Marc : You can’t just dust those things away.

Sorry for being short with you.

NERY: Excuse me?

MARC: I don’t mean to be grumpy. Those tapes down there Nery. They’re really important to me. Something happened that became a big, big part of my life. (Sigh) It’s really hard to, it’s really difficult to talk about.

NERY: Ah really? Which story?

MARC: I met this man who woke up on the streets with amnesia.

NERY: Okay.

MARC: He didn’t have a clue who he was.

NERY: Ohh…

MARC: I started filming him and spending lots of time with him. He was… 

NERY: Mmm hmm.

MARC: Discovering things about himself that he never knew…

NERY: Yeah.

MARC: Because of the illness. Sorry it’s making me upset talking about it. You know Nery I got really close to him. 

NERY: Ooh…

MARC: I, I thought it would really help him having me around to just film him and help him through the difficult time. Two days after I finished filming, he, um, he murdered his wife.

NERY: Oh my god.

MARC: I even invited him to my home and he slept in my son’s bed.

NERY: Huh! Oh my god. Very sad.

MARC: By that time I thought I knew him. I never imagined that he could do something like this, you know. Become a murdered. It made me really question people. You know who they are. Can you ever really know and trust them? I couldn’t make a film for ages after that.

NERY: Ohh…

MARC: I kept the tapes all these years.

NERY: Yes, Lost Memory Man, oh wow.

MARC: You know I thought I was doing something really good and it just got out of control. You know, for years I even questioned whether it was the filming that opened up this, you know, terrible thing to happen. 

NERY: Oh…poor him.

MARC: That’s why I’m still filming now, you know, I’m still trying to deal with those emotions…

NERY: Mmm hmm. Mmm hmm.

MARC: ...that were present back then.

NERY: Ah, yes.

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NERY: You know Marc. Er, don’t worry about when strange people are coming in your life. You have to feed them, help them. Because, you know, God is watching all and is coming nice things for you, you know so, don’t worry about that.

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NERY: Wake up.

MIKEL: Oh… sorry.

NERY: It’s alright. Wake up.

MIKEL: Oh… I fell asleep madam.

NERY: That’s fine.

MIKEL: Ahhh… my apologies 

NERY: That’s fine. Don’t worry. I bring cup of tea.

MIKEL: Oh thank you very much. Oh… sorry. Nice tea.

NERY: Mmhmm.

Er, go lay down. Lay down. Lay down and get off your feet, er, your shoes. Off your shoes. And socks as well.

MIKEL: Oh, you’re not going to do this. It will be very bad. Alright.

NERY: Off your socks.

MIKEL: OK.

NERY: Both, both.

MIKEL: Very bad, thank you.

NERY: Oh my god.

MIKEL: Yeah I tell you that be very bad.

NERY: What happened?

MIKEL: Ah, you know. My feet be dirty. All day on the feet…

NERY: Yeah.

MIKEL: Just walking. Sorry.

NERY: That’s fine. Let me…

MIKEL: Thank you.

NERY: Put this one. You feet is so bad.

MIKEL: Thank you, sorry for that. Thank you.

NERY: Ok.

MIKEL: Oh thank you madame. That is bit itchy (laughing) on the bottom – thank you! Sorry! Madame you are diamond, really diamond. Thank you very much!

NERY: That’s fine.

MIKEL: That’s never, ever happened this. Ever.

NERY: Oh, really?

MIKEL: Yes, people do everything, but no one clean your feet. Thank you. You know, when I was in my Mummy’s womb, I was happiest person there when I came out all problems started. Yes that’s how life has gone. You know I’m from Slovakia, yeah, it’s not that far but you know. It’s far.

NERY: It’s far, yes.

MIKEL: It’s always far from home.

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KEITH: Dear oh dear.

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KEITH: That’s a brick there ain’t it. I think you’ll find that is a brick. I think there’s loads of bricks down there. Here Jed hold that post a minute (out of breath).

JED: You alright Keith?

KEITH: Yeah, yeah yeah. Just a sec. Here, right, if we can get that lot out here. Yeah that’s it Jed, that’s it. 

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MARC: It’s so nice of you to do this Zara.

ZARA: It’s Ramadan, it’s for other people it’s not for me. I can’t eat today until sunset.

MARC: It’s OK Nery, come in. Are you OK?

NERY: Probably he is hungry? Do you have something to give to eat, or?

MIKEL: Hello.

ZARA: Hi.

NERY: Hi.

MIKEL: Good afternoon. Hello madame.

ZARA: Hi.

MIKEL: Nice to see you. Ooh, cooking something good. Nice to see you madame.

ZARA: Me too as well.

MIKEL: Thank you. Something smell very nice Madame.

ZARA: You look so dirty.

MIKEL: Oh, I know. That is going on the street, you know looks like that.

ZARA: Yeah, I can smell.

MIKEL: My apology.

NERY: Water or juice?

MIKEL: If you got… be juice.

NERY: Yeah. OK.

NERY: Thank you.

ZARA: Yeah I’ve seen you on the street.

MIKEL: Yeah that’s highly possible.

ZARA: Yeah. So many times.

MIKEL: Er, did you give me money any time?

ZARA: Once or twice I gave you the money.

MIKEL: OK thank you.

ZARA: You’re welcome.

MIKEL: The Muslim women with scarf they don’t give you too much money at all. Like, when you ask them. Is that for some special reason?

ZARA: Maybe they don’t look at you because you are a man.

MIKEL: I’m not going to touch them.

ZARA: Maybe they’re scared? Or maybe they think if we give you money you might be lazy.

MIKEL: Ah, alright.

ZARA: They said you need to work.

MIKEL: OK.

ZARA: You know it’s begging.

MIKEL: OK.

ZARA: We Muslim, give the twenty percent from our saving to the poor people – especially in the Ramadan. 

MIGEL: Oh thank you very much.

NERY: That’s alright.

MIKEL: Thanks. Thank you.

ZARA: You’re welcome.

(Cat meow)

MIKEL: Wow, wow, wow. You hungry as well? Meow! Look at that nice food… Oh thank you very much.

NERY: That’s OK.

ZARA: Nice slippers, I like it.

MIKEL: Thank you.

NERY: That’s alright, OK.

MARC: Oh you’ve found my slippers Nery?

NERY: Oh, you don’t mind?

MARC: No…

NERY: It’s OK?

ZARA: This is er, boneless chicken.

MIKEL: OK, lovely lovely.

ZARA: Thank you. Wait! I heat up for you.

MIKEL: Strict!

ZARA: You can have some with Marc.

MIKEL: Oh I would like to.

ZARA: You know, in our culture if we find a poor people like you, who are dirty, who are homeless or are hungry. So we invite for 3 days and 3 night’s, we give them food and clothes and then when they go to their place we give them money as well.

MIKEL: 3 days and 3 nights?

ZARA: Yeah, 3 days and 3 nights.

MIKEL: Wow. With food?

ZARA: Yeah with food, with clothes.

MIKEL: Okay that’s wonderful, amazing.

ZARA: It’s generosity.

NERY: Yeah. Yeah, very generous.

ZARA: What do the Jews do?

MARC: The story you’re referring to I think comes from the old testament. But sometimes hospitality can go too far. In the story of Lot he actually offers his daughters to the strangers that arrive at his house.

ZARA: Oh!

MIKEL: Oh my god!

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ZARA: Nery you have to sit down and eat too as well. 

NERY: Oh thank you.

ZARA: Ah you’re welcome.

KEITH: Is it possible I could have some water, please?

NERY: Oh yes.

KEITH: Thank you.

NERY: Go and sit down and relax. Yes. You’ve been working hard, yes.

MARC: Zara can you make sure there’s enough food for the two builders here?

MIKEL: Hello my name is Michael, mate.

KEITH: Hello mate.

MIKEL: Nice to see you.

KEITH: And you.

MIKEL: You alright mate.

JED: Alright mate.

MIKEL: Nice to see you. Are you the gardeners?

KEITH: No, no. Well we’ve just been doing the fencing but we’re not just gardeners’ mate. We do all general building work. We’re not just gardeners.

Can I have more.

NERY: Oh sorry!

KEITH: It’s OK. Thank you.

ZARA: You’ll like this, it’s a chicken curry, this is pakoras.

JED: God I’m starving.

KEITH: Oh no, no. No I don’t like curry.

MIKEL: Delicious, I like the curry.

ZARA: This is chapati, and this is dhal.

KEITH: Jed do us a favour mate, go and get my packed lunch will ya?

JED: Oh yeah alright mate.

KEITH: Cheers.

JED: It won’t kill ya if you try something new.

MIKEL: I like all world foods mate.

KEITH: Really? 

MIKEL: Yes.

KEITH: I don’t.

MIKEL: OK.

ZARA: This one.

NERY: Thank you.

MIKEL: It’s nice from you to invite me, looks perfect.

NERY: I am not very hungry, I don’t want to eat too much. That’s it.

KEITH: Cheers mate, thank you.

JED: Ah this is my favourite, I love this one.

MIKEL: Are you sure it’s big enough mate?

KEITH: Yeah, fine! Lovely.

ZARA: Hope you all enjoy the food.

MARC: I’m not used to hosting so many people at lunchtime.

ZARA: Marc! You have to eat.

MARC: Yeah but it’s really hard to film the curry and eat the curry.

KEITH: Yeah I’m very sorry I couldn’t eat that, I have to have my sandwiches.

ZARA: No problem, I just make people happy.

KEITH: Also I’ve got a heart condition which would not be good.

ZARA: You’re doing a very good job here. So, you’ve put a very good fence so my son can play with the Marc’s kids.

KEITH: Thank you.

ZARA: Thank you.

MARC: I should probably go and check the fence.

KEITH: This here is something that I built for myself at home. It’s my own museum for my football team. I built the whole thing from start to finish.

ZARA: It’s for your guns?

KEITH: No! It’s nothing to do with guns. It’s a museum of my football team, Arsenal. They started in the Woolwich Armoury and that’s how they got their nickname The Gunners and it’s from being Arsenal Football Club. This is memorabilia, it’s got nothing to do with guns.

ZARA: I hate football.

KEITH: Why? What’s wrong with football?

ZARA: I like cricket.

KEITH: Well I like cricket as well but what’s wrong with football? It’s the biggest sport in England, in the world. It’s an English thing. We started the game, we invented it.

MARC: Steady on Keith.

KEITH: And we was right at the start, 1886. Arsenal Football Club.

MIKEL: I remember when the Arsenal fans came to our capital Bratislava and play to our team and they smash completely all town and we offered them hospitality and it was quite rude.

KEITH: Might have been a minority. But as for smashing the town up, absolute rubbish, rubbish. I’m not having it. Hundred percent.

MIKEL: It happens, it happens.

KEITH: No it didn’t.

MIKEL: We offered hospitality. 

KEITH: Hospitality?

MIKEL: They throw it back at our face.

KEITH: No rubbish mate, absolute rubbish. So you’re from Bratislava?

MIKEL: Yes I am. Yeah my mother, she still lives there.

KEITH: Right. You was born there?

MIKEL: Er, yeah close.

KEITH: Close, yeah.

MIKEL: Suburb

KEITH: Do you see your mother still?

MIKEL: Er, not really.

KEITH: Why?

MIKEL: Ooph, I’m here on the street. It’s very difficult. I live in a box.

KEITH: It does not matter, you only ever have one mother mate. You should always keep in contact. Your hair needs washing and cutting, your beard needs trimming. Make you look much nicer, cleaner, much fresher. Then you can call her. 

MIKEL: I don’t want to upset her.

KEITH: I don’t think she’d be upset to hear from you. I think she’d be absolutely over the moon, well pleased. You’re her son.

MIKEL: Yeah.

KEITH: You’re her son. She gave birth to you. 

MIKEL: I see.

KEITH: You lived in her womb. You must keep in touch with your mother. You only ever have one mother.

MIKEL: I don’t want to let her know I’m homeless.

KEITH: But even if she knew you were homeless, she would still welcome you back. Irrespective. You should tell your mother your circumstances. 

MIKEL: Yeah maybe I should. 

KEITH: And then, I know for a fact she wouldn’t turn you away.

MIKEL: She’s weak.

KEITH: She might be weak, but the strength she would get from hearing your voice would make a lot of difference.

ZARA: You know I have to go and look after my husband and family and I have to pray. So I will come back and help with the clear these things.  

MARC: No, no problem that’s fine. OK you go now.

MIKEL: Thank you very much.

ZARA: Bye.

(coughing in distance)

JED: Bye.

NERY: Er, you know my mum passed away 3 days ago and I don’t want to go to the funeral.

KEITH: Why ever not?

NERY: You know, it’s so hard for me. You know. Er,, I want to keep in my good memories you know. I don’t really want to go.

MIKEL: My god.

NERY: Um, she is my mum. I miss her too much.

KEITH: Yes, beautiful. 

KEITH: So why won’t you go to your mother’s funeral? You should be there.

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MIKEL: I’m really sorry about your mother.

NERY: Yeah.

MIKEL: Let me help you do the washing please.

NERY: Okay. If you want. That’s okay.

MIKEL: No problem, I need to wash myself a little bit as well.

NERY: If you wash there I can clean the surface

MIKEL: No worries. I just put these bit up.

NERY: Okay.

MIKEL: Thank you.

NERY: Thank you.

MIKEL: No problem. I feel very bad I don’t do nothing for your hospitality madame. Thank you.

MARC: Mikel please don’t wash your hair in that sink, that’s for the dishes.

MIKEL: You never have to wash up?

MARC: No I do, of course. Yes. She’s not here everyday.

MIKEL: Okay, sorry.

MARC: Nery, why don’t you run him a bath?

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NERY: How do you like the temperature?

MIKEL: Normal, just not burn myself. Sorry can I have some privacy please?

NERY: Oh yes of course.

MIKEL: Because I don’t be rude or something, I just don’t looks very perfect.

NERY: That’s alright. 

MIKEL: Thank you very much.

NERY: Okay you’re welcome enjoy.

MIKEL: Thank you, bless madame.

NERY: Thank you.

MIKEL: If you’re going to film me I keep my pants.

MARC: How does it feel?

MIKEL: It’s perfect. Have you got some, that things. A sponge?

MARC: A flannel – OK.

MIKEL: Thank you. You know, when it’s summer you’re sweating. And everything stick on the, from that clothes. You know China artificial colours! My precious things.

MARC: How did you end up like this Mikel?

MIKEL: You can never know me. People can never know each other

MARC: It could be cathartic to talk about your problems you know.

MIKEL : All my bad memories are locked away. They’re locked away.

MIKEL: Mate sorry, is there any chance to leave me for a couple of minutes for privacy mate? Please?

MARC: Yeah course.

MIKEL: Thank you.

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MARC: Is it all going alright?

JED: Yeah, just taking this last bit to the dump. I’ll knock on the door when I’m back and let me in if that’s OK.

MARC: OK that’s fine.

JED: I’ll be about 20 minutes.

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NERY: (In background) Sorry! Oh gosh.

MARC: What are you doing? I told you not to touch those, just leave them alone.

NERY: You have to throw away all these. Ah, you have to throw this. You have to throw all these tapes because this is very bad…

MARC: Yeah but… No, no. I’ve had these for a long time. I’m not sure I’m ready to get rid of them.

NERY: Marc, it’s very bad energy in your house. You have to throw because it’s a scary story you know. So, it’s better if you throw. It’s up to you, I don’t know. What do you think? You need light, not darkness.

MARC: Yeah, I mean I might make a film out of this one day, you know? I’m not… I don’t know.

NERY: You have to forget this memory. You have to take to the rubbish.

ZARA: (In distance) Marc! Come quick!

NERY: What happened? What happened?

ZARA: (In background) You know the man who was in the garden?

NERY: Yes.

MARC: Shit, what’s happened…

MARC: What’s happened? Keith are you alright?

KEITH: (coughing in background)

NERY: (in background) Slowly, slowly.

ZARA: Nery can you help me because I can’t touch him.

NERY: Yeah, yeah, yeah of course yes.

ZARA: Do we need a towel as well?

MARC: Really slowly, really slowly.

MARC: Lie down on the sofa Keith we;ll get a towel Keith put your feet up

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KEITH: (coughing)

MARC: Are you sure you don’t mind me filming?

KEITH: No, we agreed all that. It’s OK. You do your thing, I’ll sort myself (coughing).

ZARA: (Arabic prayer)

Keith continues to cough.

NERY: Put this on his neck.

MARC: I think we should call an ambulance; I really do.

KEITH: No, no, no. No ambulance. 

NERY: Yes you should, you should.

KEITH: Jed will be back soon. No. No!

NERY: Ok.

ZARA: (Arabic prayer)

NERY: You have to… eat it, eat it.

MARC: You have to chew, chew Keith, chew it. Eat it because it has to, it goes in much faster.

NERY: Eat it, eat it.

MARC: It goes into the system much faster, just eat it. Crunch it and eat it.

ZARA: Swallow it, yeah, swallow it, swallow it.

KEITH: Pain.

NERY: Pain?

MARC: Do you know how to do CPR?

ZARA: No I don’t know.

NERY: Let me help you. Oh gosh.

MIKEL: Hello, what’s going on here?

ZARA: I found him bent over in the garden. And he’s trying to collapse and he’s sweating.

MARC: Do you know how to do CPR Mikel?

MIKEL: I’ve done it before. It was quite a while ago, but…

KETIH: It’s getting better, it’s easing.

MIKEL: OK, and where you got pain mate? You feel better?

ZARA: You really have to stop smoking you know?

MARC: You should tell your husband to stop as well. 

Knock at door

MARC: Nery would you mind getting that please?

NERY: OK..I’ll get for you

MIKEL: Let’s have a look.

NERY: OK. You know your friend, he’s in the living room.

JED: Have you called an ambulance?

KETIH: No ambulance, I don’t want an ambulance.

JED: You look really, really sweaty.

KEITH: No, no ambulance. No, no. I want you to take the van back to my house and sort Mum out for me. Make sure she gets her supper. There’s loads of ready meals there. If she asks, say the job overrun and you’ll get me later. OK? Can you make sure you finish off in the garden…

JED: Yeah.

KEITH: …before you go. And would it be possible to have some money please to pay Jed for his wages? If that’s OK? Thank you.

MARC: Mm, yeah course. That’s all the fee for the job now You’ll come back and finish it won’t you?

KEITH: Er, yeah. We’ll come back and finish it, yeah. 

That’s for you. And that’s for petrol.

JED: Alright, don’t worry everything will be alright.

MARC: You’re not going to just leave him there are you?

JED: I’ll be as quick as I can, don’t worry.

MIKEL: Do you feel a bit better mate?

KEITH: I’m fine thank you, yeah. I feel a lot better. It’s easing slightly now.

MIKEL: How you said, er, I must bit tidy myself up. Cut the beard.

KEITH: Please, call your Mum.

MIKEL: Thank you.

KEITH: We all have to look after our mothers.

Skype ringing.

MIKEL: Mummy!

MRS NOVOSAD: Welcome my boy! Where are you?

MIKEL: Still in London Mum. It’s about time I called you, isn’t it?

MRS NOVOSAD: Yes.

MIKEL: Can you see alright? You didn’t have those glasses before.

MRS NOVISAD: No. I can’t see so well now. That’s what happens when you get to 78!

MIKEL: 78! How time flies!

MRS NOVISAD: I will be 78 soon. And you’re 40 years old.

MIKEL: I’m 43 Mum.

MRS NOVISAD: Ah yes. You see how time is flying?

MIKEL: I have to get home soon. I need to sort some things out here. Then I can come and see you finally… it was been years.

MIKEL: Mum, I’m really struggling here you know. It’s really bad.

MRS NOVISAD: So come home if you’re struggling.

MIKEL: I’ll come, I’ll come.

MRS NOVISAD: But you’ve got to change. Change everything. You know what I’m talking about. Everything.

MIKEL: Don’t worry, everything will be alight.

MRS NOVISAD: I’m glad to hear it.

MARC: What are you doing?

MIKEL: Can I have a drink please?

MARC: Mikel that’s not going to help you.

ZARA: You know alcohol in my religion is forbidden, you shouldn’t drink this. You can’t be a good son if you’re drunk.

KEITH: How is she?

MIKEL: She lives alone.

NERY: Your Mum looks so nice.

ZARA: You should be with her. I think I really need to go. My husband needs me.

MARC: Yeah OK. Thanks for helping.

MIKEL: Ah tastes good.

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ZARA: This man makes me so uncomfortable. I shouldn’t see thee things. I need to go back to my house.

MARC: I appreciate you coming round with all this food you know.

ZARA: Oh! (Arabic prayer). My religion is not like this, so…. This house is not Holy.

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KEITH: Go to your mother’s funeral.

NERY: No no no!

KETH: Yes.

NERY: That’s fine. It’s not necessary.

KEITH: Please, it is.

NERY: No no no.

KEITH: The money is nothing to me.

MIKEL: You should take it and go. This is your last chance to bury your mum.

NERY: No, I can’t. I can’t. 

KEITH: Please.

MIKEL: She must take it.

MARC: Mikel what are you doing?

MIKEL: Don’t worry about me. You don’t know my troubles mate

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NERY: (Crying) This man pressure me too much you know. I don’t want to go, just I…

MARC: What are you doing?

NERY: Oh my god!

NERY: That man is pressuring me too much

MARC: What on earth is going on here?

NERY: I bury these tapes for you Marc and give back this money to him please. I’m going home.

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MARC: She’s given me the money back Keith, she doesn’t want to take it. She doesn’t want to go.

KEITH: Why? Why doesn’t she want to go? I don’t understand. Why? 

KEITH: I don’t know Keith. You can’t always make people do what you want them to do.

LUCY: (In background) Hey!

MARC: No, no I’m filming. Filming, filming today.

LUCY: What’s going on? Marc!

MARC: I told you I was filming today.

LUCY: You didn’t say… Can you put the camera down? Come and talk to me out here.

MARC: I told you I was filming today. I told you I was filming today.

LUCY: You didn’t, Marc! For gods sake. You told me… You know the kids are coming back soon, they’ll be back in 20 minutes for their piano lesson. 

MARKETA: Hey!

LUCY: I didn’t know you were filming today.

MARC: Marketa could you make sure they’re OK in there please

LUCY: I had no idea you were filming.

MARC: I told you I was filming today.

LUCY: You know what? I’ve had enough of this you know Marc, it’s been going on for far too long. Can you just put the camera down a minute. Come in the garden, I want to talk to you.

MARC: Can’t you just, can’t you just stay away for… I’ll finish this last scene, I’ll finish it quickly.

LUCY: Marc listen, the kids are coming back in 15 minutes. They’ve got a piano lesson, I’ve got stuff I’ve got be doing, you didn’t tell me you were filming today. In fact, you told me that the filming was finished. I’ve had enough Marc, you know, I’ve been really supportive of you for the last nine months. Enough is enough. I’m just really fed up, I mean look at the state of the garden! You said you were going to sort this ages ago. It’s embarrassing, really embarrassing. Look at the state of the fence! And these other big slats you said were going to removed, they’ve ruined the fake grass. I want my garden back, in fact I just want my home back. You’re going to have to tell them to go.

LUCY: I’m sorry. I’ve got other plans today. 

MARC: Alight, what am I supposed to do, what am I supposed to do?

LUCY: I don’t know, that’s your problem. I’m sorry to sound callous, but you know. I appreciate what you’re doing Marc but enough is enough now.

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MARC: Um, er… I’m going to have to end it today I’m afraid. 

MARKETA: Everything alright?

MARC: We’ll have to continue er, we’ll continue um, as soon as we can. I’ve got to go and sort this out. I’m really sorry.

KEITH: It’s alright. 

MARC: Do you want to get your, do you want to get dressed and we’ll continue as soon as we can?

KEITH: Alright.

MARKETA: Yeah no worries.

MARC: Hatty, do you want to get all their stuff together? 

KEITH: Hatty, here’s that money.

HATTY: Cheers.

MARC: Sorry Mikel.

MIKEL: Thank you.

KEITH: Hatty, could you pass my shirt please? Thank you.

MARC: I’m really sorry guys, it’s just um… she didn’t know I was filming today - she’s getting a bit fed up with it all.

MIKEL: Just missing socks.

HATTY: Oh you’re just missing socks. Marc can I get some socks?

MARC: Er, yeah yeah. Why don’t you give some of my socks if you want to.

Are you free next week Keith if I could arrange to shoot the ending?

KEITH: Yeah. Er, not Tuesday. 

MARKETA: Is that yours?

KEITH: Yeah.

Not Tuesday. Arsenal are playing away at Chelsea Tuesday so I can’t do Tuesday. But at the moment… Or Monday. The under 23’s are playing Monday (laughing). Er, but Wednesday, Thursday, Friday is OK.

MARC: Do you have everything?

MIKEL: Oh, yes I’m ready.

MARC: Do you have everything Keith?

KEITH: Yeah I’m fine thanks.

MARC: Right, shall we er… You better leave now otherwise I’m going to get into trouble. Come on guys.

HATTY: Right, see you next week then.

MIKEL: Thank you. It’s OK to leave?

HATTY: Yeah. Good to see you, take care.

MIKEL: Take care mate.

KEITH: And you.

MIKEL: Thank you. Take care.

HATTY: Alright take care see you soon Mikel.

MIKEL: Marc,

MARC: Mikel I’ll be in touch.

MIKEL: Thank you. Take care mate.

MARK: Mikel we’ll sort out this ending OK?

MIKEL: OK mate.

MARC: I’ll be in touch Keith.

KEITH: OK.

MARC: Sorry about today.

KEITH: OK.

MARKETA: Thanks guys. See you later.

MARC: I’m really sorry.

MIKEL: Bye.

MARC: I’m sorry. I think, if you could just start to de-rig everything. Yeah?

HATTY: Yeah sure.

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MARC: Hi Rach.

RACHEL: Hi Marc.

MARC: Hi, hi.

RACHEL: How you doing?

MARC: Yeah good, bit stressed. I’ve just, um… trying to get hold of the homeless guy I was filming with his, um… but he’s not answering his phone. Um, so bit stressed out trying to find him. I need to shoot the ending of the film. Anyway how’s things with you?

RACHEL: Yeah good actually. No I’m really pleased I wanted to get straight back to call you because… you know Charlotte from Dynamo… 

MARC: Yeah.

RACHEL: …Pit Productions? Well I bumped into her and she’s got a series on extreme murders and I thought of your amnesia film and I did a brief pitch to her and she’s really interested and she’s got proper money. 

MARC: Right.

RACHEL: So I thought we could get paid Marc!

MARC: Um, er…

RACHEL: It could be really good! What do you reckon?

MARC: Er, I actually got rid of the tapes Rach. I got rid of the tapes.

RACHEL: What? Yeah but Marc, how did they disappear Marc? You can’t just get rid of tapes.

MARC: Er… No. I wouldn’t do it anyway Rachel. You know, it’s not, it’s so awful… I’m just not into that.

RACHEL: Yeah but… oh so frustrating Marc because basically this is the only project that we’ve got any site of any money on for years. You know, and now you just don’t want to do it.

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MARC: Excuse me, excuse me. Sorry, can I just ask you something? Do you know where Mikel lives?

MAN: Oh, er… yeah, Mikel?

MARC: Yeah.

MAN: He lives round in the alleyway.

MARC: OK, um.. where abouts?

MAN: Um…well, see this shop here, if you do a left there and then where the alleyway is you do a left in the alleyway. Count one, two, three shops along and he sleeps in where he’s built.

MARC: OK what’s it behind?

MAN: It’s behind the lease shop.

MARC: OK alright, thanks very much.

MAN: No worries. Excuse me… er.. this is going to be cheeky, but you wouldn’t have a bit of change you could help me please?

MARC: I’ll come back.

MAN: Ah, thank you.

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MARC: Mikel? It’s Marc here. Mikel? It’s Marc.

MAN: Who’s that?

MARC: Is that Mikel?

MAN: What are you doing with the camera bruv?

MARC: I’m looking for…

MAN: What are you doing with that camera though?

MARC: I’m looking for a guy called Mikel. I’ve been filming a guy called Mikel is this his…

MAN: Yeah he’s in hospital man. I’m just looking after his place.

MARC: Do know anymore information?

MAN: No man.

MARC: Like where he is?

MAN: I think it’s Whipps Hospital and that’s about it.

MARC: You don’t know when he’s coming out or what’s happened to him or anything?

MAN: No. I do not know that Sir.

MARC: OK, alright sorry to bother you.

MAN: That’s alright.

MARC: This is where he sleeps though is it?

MAN: That’s alright, yeah. It’s a bit freaky with the camera going on, do you know what I mean?

MARC: Sorry, OK. Alright.

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MARC: Hi Mikel.

MIKEL: Hello! You quick! (laughing) Marc!

MARC: How are you?

MIKEL: Fine.

MARC: How are you?

MIKEL: Yeah bit better, look.

MARC: Yeah? How are you feeling? Ohh, nasty. What happened to you?

MIKEL: I don’t know – look! Just hands coming like this but it’s better. It’s getting better but they’re giving me one litre this liquid. I got temperature from that.

MARC: I was trying to find you, I couldn’t find you.

MIKEL: (Laughing) I was hiding here.

MARC: Last time I saw you was at my house.

MIKEL: Yeah I go on holiday here (laughing). You alright?

MARC: Yeah, I was worried about you.

MIKEL: Yeah, I hope your wife will let you finish the film. She’s very angry because you’re filming there for nine months. She has to be upset!

MARC: She’ll be OK I think.

MIKEL: (Laughing) She will be OK! Alright, it’s your wife.

MARC: When will you be able to do more filming?

MARC: Maybe they keep me here three days, three nights more. Monday. There’s lots of hospitality in this hospital.

MARC: Mikel I really want to finish the film. How do you think I should end your story?

MIKEL: Definitely not like this. It has to be happy endings. Please. Not sad stories. Not hospital stories.

MARC: 

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MIKEL: Good, good. Marc, this is good – perfect! Good! Perfect mate, here we go.

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NERY: Hello!

MIKEL: Hello! How are you?

NERY: Nice to see you. Fine thank you how are you feeling?

MIKEL: Yeah feels bit better.

NERY: Ah OK great God bless you. All the costumes are in the bathroom OK?

MIKEL: Thank you Nery. See you in a minute.

NERY: OK no problem.

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MIKEL: I have to be back in like two hours. 12ish, back. We have to be very quick to finish this last scenes. Anyway apologies for that.

MARC: We’ll get you back as soon as we can. I need you to look exactly as you looked…

MIKEL: Sorry they give me in the hospital…

MARC: I need you to look exactly as you know the last scene we filmed. So, with the dressing gown on here. 

MIKEL: Alright.

MARC: Yeah?

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KEITH: Please, take this money and go and be with your mum.

MIKEL: She be so happy to see me.

MARC: OK Mikel, hold that stare… hold it, hold it. OK and fade to black.

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KEITH: Bye-bye

NERY: Bye bye love. Bye bye take care. Take care.

MARC: Thanks for everything.

KEITH: Thank you for everything.

MARC: You’ve been great thanks so much.

KEITH: Thank you.

MARC: I’ll be in touch really soon, yeah?

KEITH: OK thank you.

NERY: OK bye bye. Take care.

MIKEL: Thank you very much.

NERY: You’re welcome, you’re welcome. Take care.

MIKEL: Thank you

NERY: See you soon.

MIKEL: Thank you for everything guys.

NERY: OK you’re welcome, don’t forget your bag.

MARC: Mikel here’s some money for the filming.

MIKEL: Are you sure mate?

MARC: Yeah. Course, course. Mikel there’s a taxi waiting for you. It will take you right back to the hospital where you need to be in the right ward and everything.

MIKEL: OK thank you. Just can I ask you, you know, when I finish with the hospital, you know, is there any chance of staying for a couple of nights or something?

MARC: I’m sorry, you know. I can’t… I can’t Mikel I’m really sorry. I can’t do that for you I’m sorry, I can’t. 

MIKEL: No worries mate.

MARC: We’ll catch up really soon, yeah?

MIKEL: Alright mate.

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An act of hospitality can only be poetic

Jacques Derida - Of Hospitality

TEXT OVER IMAGE OUT OF WINDOW

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In loving memory of composer

Michel Duvoisin

June 4^th 1961 – March 1^st 2020

Directed by 

Marc Isaacs

Written by

Adam Ganz

Marc Isaacs

Executive Producer Lush

Matthew Shaw

Executive Producer Bungalow Town

Rachel Wexler

With

Zara Akram

Jed Thomas Isaacs

Lucy Kaye

Kevin Lugate

Keith Martin

Mikel Novosad

Daniel O’donell

Luz Nery Villada

Rachel Wexler

Film Editor

David Charap

Marc Isaacs

Assistant Editor

Dave Briggs

Original Music by

Richard Norris

Matthew Shaw

Location Sound

Marc Isaacs

Luise Wiehmann

Camera

Marc Isaacs

Associate Producers

Hatty Bell

Erica Edwards

Production Assistants

Jessica Bishop

Marketa Janku

Alec Lewin

Herminone Russell

Olicia Wright

Colourist

Claire Winter

Sound Mix

Dan Weinberg

Mixing Assistant

Andrew Harris

Poster Art and Design

Astrid Chesney

Rupert Morrisson

Music

Mama Vieja – Los Visconti

Published by Polydor Records

Adagio For Strings and Organ

In G-Minor

Geese (instrumental version)

By Islet, published by Fire Records

With special thanks to

Daniella Berghan

Rowen Bird at Lush

Mark Constantine at Lush

Ben Coulson at Roundtable Post

Lawrence Elman at Docsville

Cintia Gil at Sheffield DocFest

Gali Gold at Barbican

Jonah Isaacs

Pearl Isaacs

Jack Jones at Roundtable Post

Lynda Kaye

Guy King

Yair Lev

Francesca Mackinnon

Gilles Mackinnon

Ivana Mackinnon

Mehelli Modi at Second Run DVD

Rupert Morrison at Seachange Festival

James Nichols at Fire Records

Orwa Nyrabia at IDFA

Laura Rascarolli

Stephan Riguet at Andanna Films

John Roberts

Susan Thomas

Olive Thomas-Isaacs

Russell Waterman

Ruth Wiggins

Paul Williams

Elizabeth Wood at Bertha Dochouse

India Woods at Docsville

Copyright Marc Isaacs Films 2020

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