Soap

When Sami breaks into a house, he is disturbed by Sophia, the owner of the property, who lures the hot criminal into her bathtub.

Surreal comedy drama with Eugenia Caruso and Rory Finn.

  • Christopher Brown
    Director
    Remission, Knock-Out (forthcoming)
  • Valerie Hanson
    Producer
    Falcon, Into the Silent Land, Wilfred
  • Eugenia Caruso
    Key Cast
    The Duke of Burgundy, Berberian Sound Studio, The Early Years
  • Rory Finn
    Key Cast
    Fraternity, Ginger & Rosa
  • David Keogh
    Key Cast
  • Charlie Hamblett
    Key Cast
  • Jun Keung Cheung
    Director of Photography
    Paddington, Dead Cat, SexLife, Falcon, Remission
  • Dusan Petkovic
    Editor
    War Book, SpangaS, Zoop, Baantjer
  • Arthur Rathbone Pullen
    Sound Mix
  • Elle-Rose Hughes
    Costume & Make-Up
  • Andrei Leskovski
    Production Sound Mix
  • Sebastian Kudonowski
    Gaffer
  • Laura Seymour
    Dialogue Continuity
  • Glass Diamond "Frequency"
    Music
  • WƐ Я 1 - Rémi Brossier "Angel's Face"
    Music
  • audiospill "Retro Boy"
    Music
  • Andrew Hill
    Additional Dialogue Recording
  • Piotr Cieplak
    Photography
  • Zhou Zhou
    Publicity Design
  • Maxwell Boulton
    Assistant Director
  • Dhruv Rupapara
    Production Assistants
  • Gabriela Mascarenhas
    Production Assistants
  • Luke Oyovbaire
    Production Assistants
  • Catalyst Housing Group, London - Justine Menozzi
    Location courtesy of
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    drama, comedy, surreal, LGBTQ
  • Runtime:
    15 minutes 22 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 7, 2015
  • Country of Origin:
    United Kingdom
  • Country of Filming:
    United Kingdom
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital ProRes
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16.9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • New Jersey International Film Festival
    New Brunswick
    May 30, 2015
    North American premiere
    winner - honorable mention
  • Vancouver International Film Festival
    Vancouver, Canada
    October 2015
Director Biography - Christopher Brown

Chris is a writer and director. His latest film 'Soap' premiered at the 2015 New Jersey International Film Festival and will soon screen at the Vancouver International Film Festival. His previous film 'Remission' was nominated for Best British Short at the 2014 Cardiff Iris Prize Festival, and was released on DVD and video-on-demand with Peccadillo Pictures. In 2013, his feature script 'Knock-Out' won Best Screenplay at the London Independent Film Festival and the Cordelia Award for Best UK Screenplay at the BlueCat competition in LA. Chris previously won the Euroscript Screen Story Award in 2011.

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Director Statement

'Soap' is a sexual fantasy of breaking and entering; its characters are trapped in a farce replete with hot criminals, cheating lovers, melodramatic revelations, and a mysterious pile of raspberry jelly.

But if the film is a guilty pleasure, then it’s also a formal experiment. We shot in a confined space, making use of offscreen action and sound, restricting ourselves to close-ups once Sami and Sophia step into the bath. I wanted to move beyond the farcical elements as the pair get to know one another; to capture a tangible sense of their desire, regret and hope.

The bath is a soapy realm of sexual transgression, a place where old is made new, where identities shape and blend. As Sami points out, wiping away his shaving foam, it’s just like the cinema.