Despondent Divorcée

Taking its title from a famous photograph by Russell Corgi, published in the 1942 Buffalo Courier Express, the film is made up of a series of close-ups of the photograph as it unfolds to reveal the full image. Accompanied by film-...
New Zealand Production
Short 1995 Drama 3.00 minutes
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A moment of truth becomes the subject of fiction. Cold contemplation and decisive action combined and confined in a 1942 newspaper photograph.
1995 - Cannes Film Festival
Edinburgh International Film Festival
BFI London Film Festival
Brisbane International Film Festival
1996 - Hamburg Film Festival

Directors

Jonathan Ogilvie

Producers

Jonathan Ogilvie

Screenplay Writers

Jonathan Ogilvie

Crew

Janet Merewether | Cinematographer

Production Company

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