When Alba and Jordan, two hostesses working in Japan, concoct a plan to extort money from clients, Alba undergoes a psychological crisis and enters a parallel psycho-sexual world.
Type:
Feature
Status:
For sale
Page Count:
94pp
Genre:
Thriller
Budget:
Independent
Age Rating:
17+
Based On:
Vena Cava (book)
Copyright Details:
Script rights, underlying rights to be negotiated with author
All Accolades & Coverage
Best Script, Masters Degree (IIML) Wellington, NZ
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Submitted: 2021-Oct-07
Last Updated: 2021-Oct-07
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The Writer: Claire Ashton
Scriptwriter - I have written two full length feature films. One movie, ' That Jones Girl' was written as a tele-feature for the Platinum fund with New Zealand on Air/Television NZ and was developed to first draft by the network. For that, I wrote the pitch document and a comprehensive 30 pg treatment. 'Vena Cava' or 'Hostess' is an adaptation of a novel about women working in the Hostess scene in Tokyo. I wrote this during my Master's Degree in Scriptwriting at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand. I was awarded the Best Script prize out of a class of 10. Co-writer of a feature treatment, called 'Crazy Bitch' with writer/… Go to bio
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