Overview
Experimental drama set in London during the Thatcher administration involving four characters: Neil, a science-fiction illustrator; Kim, a woman rock musician; Vermilion, an analyst of satellite photography; and Julian, an old friend of the illustrator who has just finished his Ph.D thesis on the fairy-tales of Charles Perrault. Their four lives are closely interlinked as events happen to each of them.
Director and cast
- Laura Mulvey Director
- Peter Wollen Director
- Gavin Richards as Neil Holt
- Lora Logic as Kim
- Mary Maddox as Vermilion
- Jeff Rawle as Julian
- Maggie Shevlin as Narrator
- Patrick Bauchau as Husband
- Alan Porter as Magician
- Keith Allen as Monologist
- Chuck Hayward as Band Member (as Charles Hayward)
- Ben Annesley as Band Member
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