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A man lighting a cigarette against a brick wall, lit in blue and red.

Films / Adok

Adok

Short · Writer / Director · Poland

Filmed on 35mm at the National Film School in Łódź, Poland. Adok was a year-end collaboration with cinematographer Luca Zonca. We shared a love of classic noir and suspense and wanted to attempt a contemporary version of the femme fatale story.

Adok poster: a man smoking under neon light.
Directed by
Brendan O’Brien
Written by
Brendan O’Brien
Luca Zonca
Cinematography
Luca Zonca
Score
Josh Rickard
Cast
Tomasz Gajos, Julia Mika, Michał Włodarczyk

On set

The same actress with stage blood, in red light. A figure in a doorway aiming a gun, lit green. A man lying back with a cigarette standing on his lip. An empty concrete room during a location visit. The director blocking a scene with two actors under red light. Camera and boom recording a scene against a brick wall. Crew and a red tube light on the concrete set. The director showing a phone to an actor. Two crew members watching a playback screen. Camera on the set, the director pointing from the edge of frame. A crew member on a skate dolly under red light. An actor reading sides, another seated in the background. Crew reading pages on set. Two crew members in a concrete doorway. Cast and crew grouped for a photograph on the Adok set.