Sad Sachs (2019)
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Country:
Australia
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Duration:
10 min
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Genre:
comedy
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Director:
Joel Perlgut
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Producer:
Sarah Christie, Joel Perlgut
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Cast:
Jared Jekyll, Stephanie King, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Victoria Zerbst
About film
This is a wonderful mobile film, created fully on an iPhone 6s – and the blackest of comedies. Adult children of a Jewish family, dressed up in evening gowns and dinner jackets, are late to a wedding. The order a cab, and in a classical conversation with a driver they discover that he is a neo-Nazi, and such a dim-witted one, that he doesn’t realize who rides in his car and how inappropriate it is to voice his views in their presence. The historical justice would be restored with help of a stiletto shoe, and the optics of a small professional camera gives unexpected dynamics to the witty performances.
Rewards and nominations
- SF3 Smart Fone Flick Festival 2019 — Best Actor, Best Actress
Director
Joel Perlgut is an Australian director and screenwriter based in Sydney. His filmography includes the short film Tay Man (2016) dedicated to Taylor Swift’s fans. 2016 saw the release of a six-episode web horror series Girt by Fear, which was in part written and produced by Perlgut. In 2018 he filmed a feature film I Fucked a Mermaid and No One Believes Me, which received the AWGIE Awards for Best Short Film. Sad Sachs is Perlgut’s first movie filmed fully on his iPhone. It was screened at several mobile film festivals and was included in the MJFF’s 2020 programme.
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Director
Joel Perlgut is an Australian director and screenwriter based in Sydney. His filmography includes the short film Tay Man (2016) dedicated to Taylor Swift’s fans. 2016 saw the release of a six-episode web horror series Girt by Fear, which was in part written and produced by Perlgut. In 2018 he filmed a feature film I Fucked a Mermaid and No One Believes Me, which received the AWGIE Awards for Best Short Film. Sad Sachs is Perlgut’s first movie filmed fully on his iPhone. It was screened at several mobile film festivals and was included in the MJFF’s 2020 programme.
