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Seafood
Robin Baker
average rating from 46 members 
       
drama | 2004 | London | 10 min
Published 23 Feb 05
A modern metropolitan tale of love, lust and unbearable frustration.
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synopsis
Seafood is a jaundiced romantic comedy about modern metropolitan love, lust and disappointment. Colin wants to fall in love. Naveen is looking for sex. During an unexpected Friday night on the tiles their hopes are thwarted and their frustrations fuelled as they travel across the changing landscapes of East London.
crew
  • director Robin Baker
  • writer Robin Baker
  • producer Catharine Des Forges
  • editor Barbara Zosel
  • director of photography Gavin Struthers
  • sound Simon Winter
  • music Riz Maslen
  • executive producer Angie Daniell
  • Film London production executive Maggie Ellis
  • associate producer Jules Hussey
  • 1st assistant director Lorna Whittaker
  • 2nd assistant director Telma Oliviera
  • camera assistant Steve Hunt
  • script editor Ros Davies
  • casting Chloe Emmerson
  • casting associate Laura Dickens
  • script supervisor Aurora Jay
  • costumes Nicole McGurk
  • harpsichord Julianna Bereczki
  • on-line editor Sue Giovanni
  • dubbing mixer Gerrit Swanepoel
  • production assistant Catriona Paul
  • production assistant Laurel Warbrick-Keay
  • driver Will Adams
  • cast
    • Colin Daniel Ryan
    • Naveen Navin Chowdhry
  • Colin Howdle
  • Will Adams
  • Julia Baker
  • Dan Ivens
  • Jonathan Keane
  • Pas Paschali
  • Meloni Poole
  • Brian Robinson
  • format
    digital
    © 2004 Robin Baker and Catharine Des Forges

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    comment by Jules  Jarman
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    posted Jul 29, 2005

    A lovely, gentle film about realtionships - or at least, the struggle to forge them. I'd love to see the 2 characters in Seafood in a series of their own. Overall the film left me feeling strangely unsettled. I laughed, but I also wanted to cry. Gets a big old '5' from me.

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    comment by Carl  Engles
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    posted Oct 21, 2006

    Yes I agree with the other viewers it was a good gentle and subtle film. Only downside is that it migt have been a bit too gentle and subtle to the point that it was a little ambiguous to anyone who didn't understand the complexities of gay dating.

    Very well produced and I'd like to see more! The characters could be developed into a 'this-life' type sitcom.

    comment by Andrew  Start
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    posted Feb 8, 2006

    Well shot, cast were great, the script was ok. Whilst, for me, this piece seems to do nothing badly it neither does anything that well. Well put together, easy going and believable but ultimately lacking.

    comment by Tanya  Kerkvliet
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    posted Feb 5, 2006

    A gorgeous film, the ideas of relationships and lust are handled incredibly well here. Beautiful direction and downright haunting in some parts, particularly the depiction of the character Naveen (a standout performance by Chowdhry). Overall I thought it was very well done.

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