Meniscus Films

Bon Appetit

Anyone who's had to endure the pain of a dinner party attended by self-obsessed, insensitive and irritatingly affectionate couples, will empathize with the lead character in this collaboratively produced and directed black comedy. It centres around the only single person at the table and how his vivid imagination helps get him through the ordeal. But as the division between his daydreams and reality begins to blur, events take a turn for the worse.

Bon Appetit is a considered short with attention to detail in all the right places. The improvised performances from the cast in the dinner scenes add to the intended state of confusion as we're flung from reality to fantasy and back again. You really start to feel for the guy, who's friends are completely unaware of his inner emotions.

A small team of ten people pulled together to create this short, which was devised and shot in a week . Bon Appetit is available on i-Tunes download service. Search Shallow Shorts on podcasts and Bon Appetit will be available to download for free.

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