Before the Fall
Before the Fall
Casablanca
meets The English Patient
Written by: Jon Smith & Ian Masters Status: In Development
Genre: Noir |Thriller
Running Time: 100' Awards: Nicholls - Semi-Finalist (Historical)
Logline
Logline
1975, Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge have surrounded Phnom Penh. Without American support, the city is lost. The only way out is by plane. A taut noir thriller pits Luc, a jaded French photojournalist, against Sonny, an unscrupulous American club owner.
Liya, the sensational star attraction of the club is the femme fatale who sucks both men into Phnom Penh’s last gasp; a desperate hedonistic party to the sound track of psychedelic Cambodian rock. But what is Liya prepared to do, to escape the yawning abyss of the looming Khmer Rouge holocaust and will any of them survive the fall?
Liya, the sensational star attraction of the club is the femme fatale who sucks both men into Phnom Penh’s last gasp; a desperate hedonistic party to the sound track of psychedelic Cambodian rock. But what is Liya prepared to do, to escape the yawning abyss of the looming Khmer Rouge holocaust and will any of them survive the fall?
