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Dénouement is a melodrama focused on the mundane. Ned waits in a hotel suite combing through the detailed belongings of his boss Lara, as we discover not only are they having an affair, but tonight it’s coming to an end.

Synopsis

Dénouement is a melodrama focused on the mundane. Slow’ish cinema. A portrait of two characters. From the generative image of waiting for a lover in a hotel suite, we have Ned exploring the detailed belongings of Lara, whose eventual arrival and commanding presence unfolds the narrative in a series of emotional and introspective moments. Torquing the tension between quips and silent pauses. Revealing from both characters a complexity of their nurturing and petty facets in the face of their fleeting affair, as something comes to an end, Dénouement.
 

Meet the Filmmakers

Brian Goodwin – Writer/Director
Brian Goodwin is an IATSE and 829 Set Design Union member, an ADG nominated Art Director (In The Heights, 2021 Dir Jon Chu/Producer Lin-Manuel Miranda), and is a freelance filmmaker and photographer, currently pursuing an MFA in filmmaking at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts.
 
Art Director Commercial work, with clients ranging from Ikea, to Coke, Gap, Citibank, and Heineken, while also Art Directing in Television on shows such as Madam Secretary (CBS), The Affair (Showtime), and Search Party (HBO / TBS).
 
His photography credits include AMNY news coverage of global warming marches in DC, and Artists’ portraits profiled in Interview magazine and the Hollywood Reporter.
 
His filmmaking projects of late have included producing and directing music videos contributing to impactful organizations like FREER Records, a non-profit focused on recording with incarcerated musicians and addressing prison reform.

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