12° FESTIVAL INTERNAZIONALE CINEMA GIOVANI
Short Film Competition 1994
KID IN A BIN
by Robert Carter
Country: Spain
Year: 1994
Duration: 16'
Nineyearold Anthony lives inside a garbage bin in a fast food restaurant. This is his vantage point for looking at a world that ha distanced himself from: birthday parties, family rituals, etc. During the night, when the restaurant is closed, he comes out of the bin and eats a meal. Anthony meets a derelict and brings him in the restaurant as if it is his own house. Both are outsiders in relation to a world that seems to be unable to offer them peace and prosperity. Anthony always carries a collection of newspaper clippings with him. One of them shows the boy with his father, mother, and sister. One day Anthony recognizes his family in the restaurant, so he sends them a little card written in chocolate. However, the family does not understand the message and they go away. While he is sleeping one morning, Anthony is discovered by the restaurant owner The manager's girlfriend finds Anthony's newspaper clippings, reads one of them, and comes to find out why the boy was staying inside the bin.
Biography
film director
Robert Carter
Robert Carter graduated from Macquarie University in 1982. He had many kinds of jobs - private detective, manager, teacher, psychologist in a hospital for the terminally ill, but has been a full-time writer since 1986. He has contributed to several magazines. He published three novels and a collection of short stories, which have received wide recognition and awards. Kid in a Bin marks his debut as film director.
FILMOGRAFIA
Kid in a Bin (1994).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Robert Carter.
Director of photography: Steve Mason.
Art director: Martin Brown.
Editor: John Scott.
Music: Douglas Stephen Rae.
Sound: Ross Linton.
Cast and characters: Mark Koller (Anthony), Les Foxcroft (barbone), Michael Bulcher (proprietario fast food), Danielle Carter (Kate).
Production company: Jenny Woods, 325 Glebe Pt. Road, Glebe 2037, N.S.W. Australia, tel. +6125521456, fax +6125522058.
Director of photography: Steve Mason.
Art director: Martin Brown.
Editor: John Scott.
Music: Douglas Stephen Rae.
Sound: Ross Linton.
Cast and characters: Mark Koller (Anthony), Les Foxcroft (barbone), Michael Bulcher (proprietario fast food), Danielle Carter (Kate).
Production company: Jenny Woods, 325 Glebe Pt. Road, Glebe 2037, N.S.W. Australia, tel. +6125521456, fax +6125522058.
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