** Nominated for the Jury list of MachinExpo 2009 **
http://machiniplex.net/expo/jury-films/

** Finalist in the SHOOOT Fiesta Awards 2009 ***
http://www.shooot.com/pages/fiesta

An operatic drama-romance about hitmen and revenge. It bears little relation with Thomas Mann's famous novella of the same name - except for the title, and perhaps its ultimate subject matter: irresistible forces inside us that bring us to our demise.

- Written by Kate Lee;
- Directed by Kate Lee & Sherwin Liu;

CAST
Jason "AnotherNewDawn" Leonti as Marc;
Sonya Cross as Julia;
Victoria Erica as Claire;
Virginia "Dulci" Maddy as Melanie;
Ken White as Sebastian;
Julia J.H.P. as Scarlett and Violet;
Amanda Mack as Mary Ellen;
Mike Gorman as Bodyguard #1 and Italian Man;

- Custom mods by Bongoman;
- Original music by Sherwin Liu;
- Special thanks to NeoNoir;

THIRD-PARTY RESOURCES

- Made with Moviestorm 1.1.6, http://moviestorm.co.uk

- Mods
Bongoman, MarvelousGuppiMovies, DavidWWW, Overman, Daveek
Google 3D Warehouse

- Music
Giuseppe Verdi's "La Forza del Destino", recorded in 1941;
Giuseppe Verdi's "Rigoletto", recorded in 1950;
Giuseppe Verdi's "La Traviata", recorded in 1946;
Edizione LiberMusica, a cura di:Marco Calvo, http://www.marcocalvo.it/. Stefano D'Urso, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/

"Thumbing Through Blank Pages" by Sonorant (Engulfed EP) from Jamendo.com, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/

"Beautiful Love" (Standards II) by Viktor Sethy from Jamendo.com, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

- Graphics
"Venetian Mask" by Eustaquio Santimano, http://www.flickr.com/photos/eustaquio/3277645121/sizes/o/, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ (CC Attribution 2.0)

- Sounds from Freesound.org
21062007.evening.wav by Dobroide
"Garden Soundscape" by Luftrum
"Tokyo street at night" by MarkyStar
"Bells Collegiata M. Varchi" by Fonogeno
"Venice walkthrough" by thanvannispen (less info)