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The Game of the Clock

THE VICTIM is a teenage girl who visits a friend late at night. As she enters the empty house she finds herself involved in a survival game where she has to endure five minutes with a monster she must not look at, due to the game’s rules. The only information about the monster is held in several childish-like drawings that The Victim finds along the way, in which also bare the only clue to her survival.

  • Michele Olivieri
    Director
    Butterflies
  • Michele Olivieri
    Writer
  • Ian Reid
    Writer
  • Simon Rickards
    Producer
  • Simone Mumford
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    7 minutes 40 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 1, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    300 GBP
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
  • Amazon Prime Video
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
  • Filmzie
    Distributor
    Country: Worldwide
Director Biography - Michele Olivieri

Michele Olivieri is a non-binary film director from Verona, Italy, now based in London. He began directing in 2017 for the comedy short "Butterflies", which was followed by successful "The Game of The Clock", a horror short film that entered many festivals around the world including top-of-genre FRIGHTFEST, now distributed by Prime Video and Filmzie. The independent short drama "Sofa Surfer” is the most recent addition to the director’s filmography, set for a 2022 release.

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Director Statement

Childhood is connoted by irrational beliefs that oppose the reasoning of adulthood.

The Victim of ‘The Game of the Clock, like any teen, is the embodiment of such opposing forces, since she is both projected into adulthood but clinging onto her childhood.
As children, we inherit one of the most atavistic fears of humankind – the fear of the unknown. The concept of the unknown is especially scary because it is unexplored, untouched, unfathomable and lends itself to the wild projections. In fact, what we really fear about the unknown, is what we project into it. Think about it. When we are faced with the unknown, what we are really afraid of is something specific that we expect will come to pass.
For the Victim, this is represented by the unseen monster lurking in the house.

Throughout the film and because of the monster, The Victim journeys from the rationality of adulthood to a more emotional, irrational state that resembles the powerlessness of childhood.