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Falling in love is never in focus.
New York City
Psychological Romantic-Thriller
Alex Pettyfer · Guy Pearce · María Pedraza
Falling in love is never in focus.
Falling in love is never in focus.
When a fashion photographer is left with severe double-vision following a mugging, he meets a grief-stricken young woman in hospital — and the two embark on an unlikely journey of recovery.
“Violence inflicted on a human being persists well beyond the act of bodily harm.” — Wolfgang Sofsky, Traité de la Violence
Set against the dizzying backdrop of New York's fashion world, BLURRED is a psychologically dark romantic-thriller. Elliott Abbott, a sought-after fashion photographer, is left with a shattered eye-socket and severe double vision after a late-night mugging in East Brooklyn. In hospital he meets Mona, a young woman keeping vigil at her brother's bedside.
When Mona's brother dies, a painful serendipity draws the two damaged strangers together. Through photography they build a deeply creative bond — and then a physical one — until the fashion world discovers Elliott's new muse and signs Mona to a major agency. As his condition fails to improve, Elliott spirals into a paranoid depression.
Seductive and suspenseful, BLURRED is an enthralling love story set in the darker corners of the fashion world — and a New York not seen by tourists.
An award-winning British writer and director — a First Class Honours graduate of Bournemouth University and recipient of the Alan Plater Prize. His debut feature Almost Married, an internationally distributed comedy, won Best Feature Film at the Marbella International Film Festival.
He went on to write and direct Waiting for Anya, the acclaimed adaptation of Sir Michael Morpurgo's novel, starring Oscar winner Anjelica Huston, Jean Reno and Noah Schnapp. The film premiered internationally to multiple award nominations. Ben is the founder of Tested Films Ltd, represented by United Agents (London) and Alternative Agency (Paris).
