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The Reach - Directed by Luca Caserta


PROJECT TYPE: Short film

PROJECT TITLE: The Reach



BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Stella Flanders is the oldest woman on Goat Island. In her entire life she has never crossed the reach that separates the isle from the mainland. She has spent her whole existence in that small, close-knit community that is almost as welcoming as a family and in which she has always had everything she needed. Maybe now the time has come for her to embark on that journey she never wanted to undertake...

RUNTIME: 00 28’ 00’’

COMPLETION DATE: August 14th 2024

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: Italy

LANGUAGE: Italian

SUBTITLES: English

Credits

DIRECTOR: Luca Caserta

WRITER: Luca Caserta

BASED UPON: “The Reach” by Stephen King (“The Reach” © (June 1985) Stephen King –

Used by permission. All rights reserved)

PRODUCER: Nuove Officine Cinematografiche

ASSOCIATE PRODUCERS: Ivan Caso, Filippo Barracco

CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lorenzo Pezzano

COLORIST: Andrea Facchini

EDITOR: Luca Caserta

SOUND: Alessandro Caoduro

SONG: “Moonlight Motel” by Bruce Springsteen (Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment

and Sony Music Publishing – (P) 2019 Bruce Springsteen – © Eldridge Publishing Co.,

Sony Pop Music Publishing – Publisher for Italy: Sony Music Publishing (Italy) S.R.L.)

ORIGINAL SCORE: Lorenzo Tomio

KEY CAST: Jana Balkan (Stella Flanders), Vincenzo Tosetto (Ghost of Bill Flanders), Paolo

Rozzi (Alden Flanders), Elisabetta De Gasperi (Sarah Havelock), Nunzia Messina (Hattie

Stoddard), Loredana Sembenini (Vera Spruce), Sabrina Carletti (Lois Perrault), Gaia

Carmagnani (Missy Bowie), Elisa Bertato (Ghost of Annabelle Frane)

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