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- BFI identifier615272
- Date2001 (Television)
- Production countryIreland, United Kingdom
- Production company
- SynopsisFilmed adaptation of the play by Samuel Beckett. Written in French in the 1950s, two men, `A' and `B', try to assess the life of `C', who is standing motionless, with his back to the audience, ready to jump out of the window. A and B review his life with mass documentation as though he were not present. The documents are mainly quotations from C's acquaintances. A and B consider the flotsam and jetsam of C's life including his confessed `morbid sensitivity to the opinions of others'. Distracted by the electric light and the love-birds they find in a cage, they do not appear to be giving their task due concentration. They finally decide to let him jump, only to discover he is already dead. (Synopsis)
- Work historyShort. Made as part of the "Beckett On Film" series.
- CreditsDirector: Katie Mitchell
Production Company: Blue Angel Films
Production Company: Tyrone Productions
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Title
Rough for Theatre 2 (Original)
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- Beckett on Film
Series Work - 792047
Ireland - Film - Fiction
- Rough for Theatre 2
Work - 615272 - 2001 (Television)
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