Dark Horse PosterDirector: Marc Furmie.
Writers: Marc Furmie and Ji Hao Lou.
Dark Horse is a dramatic short from director and writer Marc Furmie, which has won several awards at various film festivals including Best Short Film at the 2010 Byron International Film Festival. The most famous English writer William Shakespeare believed that drama was the most effective genre to emote in audiences and Dark Horse is an example of why. The film offers brilliant performances, a positive message about doing for others, and an opportunity for viewers to look inside themselves for their own positive message.
In the story, Dark Horse follows a part time prostitute named Isabella Fortino (Alin Sumarwata) through a dark night of involuntary debauchery brought on by her drug addicted boyfriend. A random taxi driver intervenes in her life, briefly, to show her that each of us can make better choices. The taxi driver played by...
Writers: Marc Furmie and Ji Hao Lou.
Dark Horse is a dramatic short from director and writer Marc Furmie, which has won several awards at various film festivals including Best Short Film at the 2010 Byron International Film Festival. The most famous English writer William Shakespeare believed that drama was the most effective genre to emote in audiences and Dark Horse is an example of why. The film offers brilliant performances, a positive message about doing for others, and an opportunity for viewers to look inside themselves for their own positive message.
In the story, Dark Horse follows a part time prostitute named Isabella Fortino (Alin Sumarwata) through a dark night of involuntary debauchery brought on by her drug addicted boyfriend. A random taxi driver intervenes in her life, briefly, to show her that each of us can make better choices. The taxi driver played by...
- 8/18/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Dark Horse is a dramatic short which will show at Seattle's True Independent Film Festival beginning June 4th. This twenty-eight minute film has already won Best Short at the Byron Bay Film Fest and was nominated for Best Short at Method Fest in 2010. In the film a "lonely taxi driver" befriends a traumatized prostitute and through friendship each shares the other's pain (Dark). This is director Marc Furmie's second production and those with an interest in the offbeat can check out Dark Horse and many other indie' films at the Stiff website below.
The synopsis for Dark Horse here:
"Minh Tran is a lonely taxi driver whse relationship with his wife has disintegrated following a miscarriage. One night, his path crosses taht of Isabella Fortino, a girl forced into prostitution by her boyfriend. Minh's show of kindness to Isabella leads to an unlikely connection as they lose themselves in...
The synopsis for Dark Horse here:
"Minh Tran is a lonely taxi driver whse relationship with his wife has disintegrated following a miscarriage. One night, his path crosses taht of Isabella Fortino, a girl forced into prostitution by her boyfriend. Minh's show of kindness to Isabella leads to an unlikely connection as they lose themselves in...
- 6/1/2010
- by 28DaysLaterAnalysis@gmail.com (Michael Ross Allen)
- 28 Days Later Analysis
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