CASTING CALL – CHARLATAN | SHORT FILM (YORKSHIRE)

Description

GENRE
Dark Comedy Drama

LOGLINE
A fake psychic medium living on the edge performs a reading for a grieving cynic who is close to death himself

LOOKING FOR
LA ROUX
Female
Playing age 40s–50s
All ethnicities

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
A fake psychic medium whose "gifts" are far less divine than she claims

Cunning, deceptive and resourceful, but beneath the surface she is scared, struggling and trying to survive

STEVE
Male
Playing age 50s
All ethnicities

CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
A cynical man haunted by the death of his son

Withdrawn, difficult and emotionally wounded, but with vulnerabilities that La Roux attempts to exploit

LOCATION
Yorkshire

SHOOT DATES
18th–20th September

COMPENSATION
Paid opportunity