The Comedian
Ed is a stand-up comedian in his early thirties, he is handsome, charming,
witty and lost. Trying to make it on the London comedy circuit, he spends his nights performing in small rooms above pubs
and his days making ends meet at a call centre. He lives with Elisa, a beautiful French singer, the two like brother and sister,
inseparable, loving and asexual. Ed funny and playful, Elisa soulful and sensitive. One day, on a night bus home, Ed meets
Nathan, a young black artist, blunt, honest and free. They immediately connect and begin a passionate affair. Suddenly the
intimate bond between Ed and Elisa is threatened and Ed is faced with a choice between his attraction to a man and his love
for a woman.
Director's Biography
TOM SHKOLNIK, born 1980 in Israel. In 2002 he came to Great
Britain to train as a director at the Drama Centre London. While at the Drama Centre he made his first two shorts, HEADPHONES
(2004) and A PICTURE OF ME (2005). In 2006 he made the short film IN THE DARK as part of the Coming Up scheme for Channel
4, followed by ONE HAPPY MOMENT (2010) made for the Digital Shorts scheme and BBC Films. Since 2009 he has been working on
his feature debut THE COMEDIAN (2012), which was shown at London Film Festival 2012.
Competition Fiction 2013
Tom Shkolnik
Great Britain 2012
color
80
minutes
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Screenplay
Tom Shkolnik
Cinematography
Benjamin Kračun
Editing Pierre
Haberer
Sound/Sounddesign Howard Peryer
With Edward Hogg, Elisa Lasowski, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Steven Robertson, Jamie
Baughan, Gerard Murph, Kate Rutter
Production
The Bureau Film Company 18 Phipp Street London EC2 4NU Great Britain T +44 20 7033 0555 mail@thebureau.co.uk
www.thebureau.co.uk