Year of production : 2017 Format : Feature Running time : 85 (in minutes)
A romantic escape into nature turns into the ultimate moment of reckoning when a husband and wife are trapped in a tent with a deadly snake. Unable to escape and with certain death looming, the tent becomes a heated confessional to a cataclysmic truth. Betrayed, the couple finds themselves spiraling into a dark and dangerous space of which only one can survive.
When Adam's grant is approved to research a rare species of South African beetle, his wife Gwen convinces him to bring her along in an effort to repair their rocky relationship and assuage her own secret guilt. Upon reaching the lush, forebodingly-named Suicide Gorge, Adam and Gwen settle in and set up camp. When their slumber is disturbed by the gut-wrenching revelation that a venomous Black Mamba is zipped inside the tent with them, the couple discovers that the harrowing physical threat they face is equally matched by a rapidly spiraling, dark and dangerous psychological showdown.
This tightly wound thriller lets the setting work its magic, as rising temperature, claustrophobia and revealed secrets allow performances to really shine. First-time director Amanda Evans artfully builds intensity while drawing out emotional horrors in a film in which dark metaphor is entwined with ever-tightening suspense.
2017 | Durban Film Festival, Afrique du Sud * Selection - Competition Feature Film * Selection - South African * Première Mondiale / World Premiere www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/3312-asinamali
Country: South Africa Language: English Filming Locations: South Africa
Music by Andrew Schär Cinematography by Jacques Koudstaal Film Editing by Mandy Roberts, Andrea Shaw, Richard Starkey Danielle Nel... conform editor Mieke Vlaming... assistant editor
Jade Hill... foley artist David Houston... a.d.r. recordist / foley recordist James Olivier... foley artist / sound designer / sound effects editor Simon Ratcliffe... re-recording mixer / sound supervisor Jack Van Wyk... foley recordist Richard West... dialogue editor / re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Monique Ray... visual effects producer Derik van den Berg... cg supervisor: LocoVFX Jean-Claude van Staden... modeler George Webster... visual effects supervisor David Whitehouse... visual effects producer: Loco VFX
Dan Hirst... stunt coordinator Jeaneliz de Nys... animator
Simon Ratcliffe... score mixer Jane Fry... completion bond rep
Production: Enigma Pictures
Distributors Future Film (2017) (Finland) (all media) Distant Horizons Ltd. (2016) (World-wide) (theatrical) Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2017) (United Arab Emirates) (all media) (Middle East, North Africa & Iran)
2017 | Durban Film Festival, South Africa * Selection - Competition Feature Film * Selection - South African * Première Africaine / African Premiere * Prix de la Critique Africaine - Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Prize http://www.durbanfilmfest.co.za/index.php/film/item/3317-serpent
2017 | Los Angeles Film Festival, USA * Won: Nightfall Award (for Amanda Evans) * Première Mondiale / World Premiere * Screening: 17 June 2017, 9:55 PM https://tickets.lafilmfestival.com/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=serpent
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