CREDITORS
UK - 2015 - 81MINS- DOCUMENTARY -DCP/HD
CREDITORS
Original title:
A film by Ben Cura
Based on August Strindberg's 1888 play, "Creditors" is a modern re-telling of Strindberg's story of love, betrayal, revenge and psychological manipulation, which he considered to be his one true masterpiece. Grant Pierce (Christian McKay) arrives from London into Madrid, Spain, hoping to be given the chance to meet his favourite painter, American Freddie Lynch (Ben Cura), who is currently staying at a private hotel in an unassuming location outside the city. As Grant steps into the main building of "El Madroño", he finds Lynch a crippled man whom, he soon reveals, has been unable to actually paint for the better part of a year. As the two men get to know each other under the watchful eye of one of the owners of the hotel, Michael Redmane (Tom Bateman), they start to piece together the disturbing picture of Freddie's marriage to beautiful writer Chloe Fleury (Andrea Deck) which harbours secrets that will reveal much more than Freddie's recent creative emaciation and his obsession with Chloe's ex-husband. At times disturbingly funny and cruelly bleak, "Creditors" deals with some of the most private aspects of human relationships.
Original language: English
Produced by: Tough Dance (Sales Contact: New Morning Films)
Festivals:
Awards:
Honorable Mention BEST NORDIC NARRATIVE FEATURE
(Nordic International Film Festival)
Award of Excellence FEATURE FILM
(indieFEST Film Awards)
Award of Excellence LEADING ACTOR: Christian McKay
(indieFEST Film Awards)
Award of Excellence LEADING ACTOR: Ben Cura
(indieFEST Film Awards)
Award of Excellence LEADING ACTRESS: Andrea Deck
(indieFEST Film Awards)
Diamond Award BEST FEATURE FILM
(NYC Indie Film Awards)
Diamond Award CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ben Hecking
(NYC Indie Film Awards)
Gold Award EDITING: Teresa Font
(NYC Indie Film Awards)
Award of Excellence CINEMATOGRAPHY: Ben Hecking
(Accolade Global Film Competition)
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Ben Cura
Ben Cura is a British actor, director, writer and producer. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. Ben made his film debut in British Indie Comes a Bright Day. He also appeared in Comedy Central's series Threesome, Bernard Rose’s feature The Devil's Violinist and Danny Boyle’s Trance. He made his West End debut playing Angel in the original cast of Jennifer Saunders' musical Viva Forever! at the Piccadilly Theatre in London’s West End. He was later cast as Seve Ballesteros in British film Dream On. He subsequently starred in the UK premiere of Geoffrey Nauffts' Tony-award winning play Next Fall at the Southwark Playhouse in London and was later cast as a recurring character in E!/Lionsgate series The Royals before starring in feature film White Island alongside Billy Zane, directed by Ben Turner. He is next to be seen playing a recurring character in Hans Rosenfeldt’s new series Marcella, premiering April 2016 on ITV followed by a worldwide Netflix release. Among other awards, his film adaptation of August Strindberg's play Creditors - both his directorial and script-writing debuts - has received gongs for Best Feature, Leading Actor, and Script/Writer after premiering at the Nordic International Film Festival in NYC on October 31st 2015. Ben is also a producer on the film.
