Production: Mnemosyne (Short Film)

Location: Toronto

Employer: Tchalik' Productions

Duration: one week, starts after March 7, 2008

ACTRA artist contracts. Non-paid work. Participants will receive a final cut DVD of the film.

DIRECTOR: Shervin Kermani.

SYNOPSIS:

MNEMOSYNE is a romantic comedy about recalling the path to a broken marriage when it's already too late. Tomas faces the end of his marriage with Jane and perhaps the end of their reign of self-deception. They participate in a high-faluting social surrounding where infidelity seems almost as a lifestyle and marriage as something to take cynical shots at.

Overall amusing film not unlike the style and wit of Woody Allen. 'Mnemosyne' is a double narrative as the couple split up in the present tense and the road to breakup is presented chronologically backward in the form of Tomas' memories. (Hence the title 'Mnemosyne')

Scheduling: Filming will last just under a week and will begin after March 7th, 2008.

AUDITIONS will be happening: @ Ryerson University's Image Arts Building (IMA) LOCATION- Yonge st. at Dundas st.East- At The corner of Bond st and Gould st (>>> http://www.ryerson.ca/maps/map.html):

Times (let us know your best availability in your reply):

*** Saturday, February 16, 2008 11am - 4:30pm
*** Tuesday, February 19, 2008 10am - 2pm
*** Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12noon - 5:30pm

Apply to: Raffi rtchalik@ryerson.ca

2 Character Breakdowns:

1. Leading man (Tomas) - Mid 20s to early 30s. A witty, Self-assure, sarcastic nihilist, Tomas scoffs at morality and marriage, until his wife decides on divorce, forcing him to re-evaluate their relationship and what he's about to lose.

2 Leading lady (Yet to be named) - Mid 20s to early 30s. An intelligent, clever, but sexually repressed woman, she never lets Tomas get the upper hand in their exchanges. Although she loves Tomas and finds him charming, she decides that life together is not working and ends their marriage.