Planet Man

Tim Balme narrates this film-noir styled film about being left behind in a world without women. Rain creates a grim atmosphere remiscent of Blade Runner, and the tough-talking dialogue sprakles especially after Balme...

New Zealand Production

Short 1995 Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama 13.00 minutes

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One day all the women in the world disappear. Without warning and without explanation. In the backstreets of a crumbling city, a lonely man is haunted by desire and fantasy and stumbles across a miracle: a woman who was left behind. She has no interest in him, but he is desperate to hang on to her - by force if necessary.

1996 - 'Best Short Film' Critics Week Cannes

Palm Springs International Film Festival

Sao Paulo International Film Festival

Valladoid International Film Festival

Clermont Ferrand International Film Festival

Directors

Andrew Bancroft

Producers

Sir James Wallace

Screenplay Writers

Andrew Bancroft

Cast

Timothy Balme
The Man

Katie Wolfe
The Woman

Murray Keane
The Groom

Crew

Rewa Harre | Cinematographer

Wayne Cook | Editor

Kirsty Cameron | Wardrobe Designer

Ashley Turner | Production Designer

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