The Waiting Game

Three high school friends meet after 10 years to play an old game: the delivery run. They'll call 3 different delivery places and the last one that gets his food will lose. One by one all the delivery guys arrive while these boys will unfold their true feelings about each other.

  • Enrico Borrometi
    Director
  • Enrico Borrometi
    Writer
  • Enrico Borrometi
    Producer
  • Jenny Bohnhoff
    Producer
  • Rouven Blessing
    Key Cast
    "Harold"
  • Cyril Blake
    Key Cast
    "Freddie"
  • Kahmal Sealey
    Key Cast
    "Kevin"
  • Enrico Borrometi
    Soundtrack
  • Enrico Borrometi
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Short, Student
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    November 16, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    150 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:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    Yes
Director Biography - Enrico Borrometi

He was born in Italy (Naples) in 1992. He successfully finished his postgraduate degree in Psychology in 2017 at the Federico II. While he was studying he shot various different shorts that he shared online, one of which reached 20.000 views on YouTube alone. He has also completed different directing workshops (IED, NYFA) around Italy and a screenwriting course at ASCI film school in Naples. After University he worked on different sets and made an Online Commercial for Hypóstasis Handmade Jewelry. He then moved to London to attend a Filmmaking course at Met Film School where he produced and directed his first short 'The Waiting Game'. His second short "I love Films" has just came out and his documentary's series about Covid-19's lockdown is currently in post production.

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Director Statement

With this short I'm trying to let a fantasy become true, being able to know what happened in the past, asking whatever unsolved question to friends you used to know or tell the truth that you always wanted to say.
The characters are young guys becoming adults. They will act both like adults and children, they remember their past and act silly, as nothing changed.

This is also a story about power, both Freddie and Harold think that they are in power when really they are not. Freddie had power and he always felt invincible, but actually in the past he screwed up his relationship with his friend Harold.
Harold feels like he can finally unleash his anger towards Freddie, he knows he's right but, as we'll see in the end, that's not enough to be in power.
The person who will show them the truth is Kevin, a well-educated guy that uses comedy to avoid tension between his friends. He is a very good observer and of course, he knows his friends very well.

The game frames this dynamic, one of them might win, but does winning matter? Even if you feel powerful it doesn't mean that you actually are.