| Pâté | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo |
| Produced by | Fountainhead Films |
| Written by | Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo |
| Music by | Jose Halac |
| Cinematography | Shawn Kim |
| Editing by | Margo Hyde, Paul Vosloo |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 30 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Pâté is a short film by writer/director Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to win several prestigious awards including NYU's Wasserman Award, the Fielle d'Or at the Beverly Hills Film Festival, The Grand Jury Prize at the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival, Award for Excellence from New York Magazine and the Special Jury Prize at the Atlanta Film Festival.
Plot summary
Pâté is a dark story about an aristocratic family struggling to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. Amongst a landscape of desolation, two young children, Otto and his sister Vera, hunt daily for food. Meanwhile at home in an abandoned ship, their delusional Mother clings onto the faded glory of their former aristocratic lives, aided by her shiftless Maid.
Full of memories, their life is a shadow of the past as each character copes with the grind of daily survival. When the malevolent Mister Griswald, the only man to survive the apocalypse, drops in for dinner, he sets in motion the final act - revealing the shocking secret of their survival.
Cast
- Jane Culley.... the Mother
- Ty Arnold.... Otto
- Samantha Browne-Walters.... Vera
- Gary Swanson.... Mr. Griswald
- Barbara Pitcher.... the Maid
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