The Enigma of Benito Cereno
Based on real events, official records, the novel by Herman Melville & the Journal of Amasa Delano
Screenplay by Stewart Rein
Dedicated to my dear friend, mentor & colleague Paul Mann and to my Aunt Dame Helen Suzman
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Winner Best Screenplay Pocono Mountains Film Festival 2004
"The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who, in time of great moral crisis, maintain their NEUTRALITY.” Dante
Logline:
A sensitive 18th Century Spanish Captain is coerced into carrying a slave cargo by his bisexual, aristocratic lover whose female consort frees the slaves, leading to mutiny, discovery by an American ship, mystery and confrontation.
Contact:
Stewart Rein, Lotus Films, 213 Muench Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102
Tel: 717 773 4810 Fax: 717 238 2232 Email: childsr1@live.com
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