Wrath - Short Film

Winner 'Best Actress Award' Sen3 Film Festival New York 2009 (23/04/2009)

Screened at Short Sundays: The George and Dragon Pub (East London) (05/04/2009)

Screened at the Bornshorts International Film Festival 2009 in Denmark (Bornholm island) (28/08/2009)

Screened at the Cinebarre Short Film Selection- Preshow before the showing of 'Law abiding citizen' starring Jamie Foxx (USA) (16/10/2009)

Screened at the Magma Short Film Festival in Rotorua (New Zealand) (02/05/2010)

Shortlisted for the DotFest Online Short Film Festival (01/04/2010)

Screened at the Holmfirth Film Festival in Holmfirth (West Yorkshire) (25/05/2010)

Screening at the Deep Fried Film Festival (Lanarkshire) (Scotland) (26/07/2010-08/08/2010)

Screening at the Reikäreuna Film Festival in Orivesi, Finland (9.-12.9.2010)



Synopsis
Lisa remembers the good times she had with her partner, but is there a dark side to their relationship...



Wrath

Directed, filmed & edited by
Sam Hendi

Starring
Hyette Duffy & Tracy Villiers

Sound & Lighting by
Gemma Hurley
Shahram Shayesteh

Creative Director
Abena Bentum

Written by
Shahram Shayesteh
Abena Bentum

Honours

#87 - Most Discussed (Today) - Film & Animation
#81 - Top Rated (Today) - Film & Animation



A great review by 93 Studios:
http://ninetythrees.com/screenings/wrath/

Wrath

We havent seen a really good revenge movie since Ai, I was waiting for something great to come along and Wrath is it. It was written and directed by Sam Hendi, the same person who brought us Gone. Unlike Gone which holds its plot elements close to its chest, Wrath goes straight for the jugular.

Hyette Duffy plays a scorned lover who has kidnapped the woman (Tracy Villiers) who she believes seduced her partner and forced him to cheat. The action builds steam as it segways from a low-key monologue to full out verbal assault as Hyette tears into her rival and we start to see that maybe, just maybe this woman has a few more problems than a cheating spouse.

This film skirts the line between a character sketch and torture porn, and it chooses the right side, side-stepping violence and replacing it with a carefully crafted look at Hyettes rapid descent into madness.

Once again, Sam leaves us with answered questions but much like in Gone its better that way.

Ratings

Style 3.5

Its fast paced without being frenzied, a stunningly well made interpretation of the classic interrogation scene. (Pacing 4.5)

Storytelling 4.5

Polish 4

Hyette is incredibly good in her role as the scorned lover, its a performance worth watching even if there wasnt any movie around it. (Watchability 5)

Its the acting and script that brings this film up, the plot elements have been seen a thousand times before but very rarely executed this well. (Novelty 3.5)

Overall Rating: 4.16 out of 5 stars

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Film & Animation

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[filmya]

Sam,

You're an incredibly talented director. I watched this on my iphone last night and said, i gotta watch it on my computer, and the experience was even better. The lead actress IS AMAZING!!! Your outstanding directing, together with her phenomenal acting made a gripping, suspenseful and thrilling story!!! Thanks also for adding me as a friend!!!

[samhendi]

@filmya Thank you :))

[tonichan18]

The story doesn't lead anywhere and it seems like this is a scene in the middle of a story. Get proper sound equipment and don't use cheap sound effects found on the internet. Take some foleys instead. Feelings mostly doesn't come from the images themselves, but sound. Take some care with the sound design, and everything goes automatically up a notch. You can shoot a film with whatever film equipment in the world, but as long as the sound is great - we can forgive the quality of the picture.

[samhendi]

@tonichan18 Hey, thanks for the feedback. We've bought a new mic since this so yeah sound wasnt great in Wrath. Definately would love to see some of your work ;)

[TranscendantShadows]

Wow, lol, makes me think American actresses are just rubbish, just rubbish :p

[Emurlyjayne]

that was amazing:)

i could not help loling when she went crazy tho :L hahaha

you should have done a ending! :P

[chrisdunc21]

Lead actress gets 30000 points. good job

[ccatchme4]

which software you use for editing?

[ed9s]

@filmya Dexter beats this by 3 miles times a bajillion.

[ottoelperro]

Speechless. So tense! So suspenseful! So GOOD! Won't you take a look at my latest (very) short film and comment/critique? Thank you.

[owainmeurig]

Rain effects aren't used enough on film.

[LeighanneEvelyn]

so good. SO good.

[TheSantanico]

Sam, I'd like to use your film on my television program, Theatre of Ice, santanicofilms@hotmail.

[Emaginationfilms]

The lead is good! I really like the story it has a good twist.

[adias06]

i can see why she got a best actress award that was great acting on both ends and an amazing short film.

[ShatteredT14]

This is an excellent short film. I love it. When she pulled out the knife from the drawer I was like 'thats a fucking big knife'. But seriously, really good work.