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A Social Call

A Social Call

2002Short⏱️ 7m
ShortDrama
4.3
IMDB Rating
6 votes

A man finishes his breakfast and heads out of town, gradually seeing busy roads become deserted and overgrown country lanes. It is on one of these roads that he abandons his car, heads across a field, knocks the door of an isolate...

Director
Jonathan Romney
Writers
N/A
Stars
Kevin Doyle, John Surman, Andrew Kotting
Release Date
December 8, 2005
Country
United Kingdom
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Kevin Doyle
Kevin Doyle
as Man in Car
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John Surman
as Man in House
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Andrew Kotting
as Man at Door

🎬 Technical Specs

Color
Color
Production
Film4, Tall Stories

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

A one-joke affair without a good joke
by bob the moo2006-08-04

"A man finishes his breakfast and heads out of town, gradually seeing busy roads become deserted and overgrown country lanes. It is on one of these roads that he abandons his car, heads across a field, knocks the door of an isolated house and then shoots the inhabitant dead. He pauses to make a cup of tea but then heads off on his way home – only to realise that he has forgotten something. With no dialogue to speak of this one-joke short film needed to be very funny. Setting out its stall in the cinematically familiar world of the contracted killer, Romney aims for a dark comic tone to his sho..."

📖 Synopsis

A man finishes his breakfast and heads out of town, gradually seeing busy roads become deserted and overgrown country lanes. It is on one of these roads that he abandons his car, heads across a field, knocks the door of an isolate...