People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am

People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am

53 mins | Drama, Documentary, TV Movie | Nov. 18, 2010

Entirely shot on a mobile phone, the film evolved from chance encounters in the streets of London: Sandrine, an attractive young woman on a mission to find a husband, Steve, a seasoned beggar, struggling with addiction and and Steve's girlfriend Precious, a poet. Blurring the confines between fact and fiction. the film raises questions about the relationship between filmed and filmmaker. The closer he gets to his subjects, the more the obstruction of his camera seems to distance him from them. Ultimately People... reveals a personal and humane space that only came into existence precisely because it had been filmed.

People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am

53 mins | Drama, Documentary, TV Movie | Nov. 18, 2010

People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am
Entirely shot on a mobile phone, the film evolved from chance encounters in the streets of London: Sandrine, an attractive young woman on a mission to find a husband, Steve, a seasoned beggar, struggling with addiction and and Steve's girlfriend Precious, a poet. Blurring the confines between fact and fiction. the film raises questions about the relationship between filmed and filmmaker. The closer he gets to his subjects, the more the obstruction of his camera seems to distance him from them. Ultimately People... reveals a personal and humane space that only came into existence precisely because it had been filmed.
Producers
Original title People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am
Directors Boris Gerrets
Writers Boris Gerrets

Cast

Sandrine Correa

as Sandrine

Efitayo Akousa

as Efitayo

Steve Smith

as Steve