Tag: Chris Menges

A World Apart Script

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Year:1988
Director:Chris Menges
Written by:Shawn Slovo (Writer)

Script Synopsis:A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
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Crisscross Script

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Year:1992
Director:Chris Menges
Written by:Scott Sommer (Screenplay)

Script Synopsis:Set in 1969, a twelve-year-old grows up in Key West with his mother, who is paying the bills by stripping at the local topless bar. The boy finds out about her activities and tries to convince her to stop, to no avail. A local restaurant owner hires him to collect fish from a boat out in the bay, and the boy discovers that the restaurant owner is using the fish to bring drugs in to shore. He steals one load and goes about selling it so his mother can afford to quit her job.
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The Lost Son

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Year:1999
Director:Chris Menges
Written by:Eric Leclere (Writer), Margaret Leclere (Writer), Mark Mills (Writer)

Script Synopsis:Xavier Lombard is a world-weary private eye in London, in exile from his native Paris; his best friend is Nathalie, a high-class call girl. He gets a call from an old friend from the Paris police department, now a businessman whose brother-in-law is missing. The missing man's parents hire Xavier over their daughter's objections, and quickly he finds himself in the realm of children's sexual slavery.
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