Là-bas (Down There)

Story

Synopsis

Taking as its departure point the 1993 opening of the Channel Tunnel, Là Bas is a playful burlesque on cultural difference, eccentricity and passion. Using different locations, Kötting knits together an imaginary tunnel, with tickets sold like a seaside attraction, through which one walks between England and France (the interior shots of the tunnel are of the Greenwich foot tunnel), and which is subject to random and sudden closure like many other British forms of transport.

Director

Andrew Kötting

Language

English

Release date

2 January 1994

Ensemble

Cast

• Olivier Wurtz

  Jean-Luc

• Roberta Fox

  Angeline

• Michael Gunn

  Geordie

• Charlie Condou

  Kid with mouth fixation

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  James Hooton

  Kid with hyperactivity

• Anne Tirard

  Flo

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  Shelagh Fraser

  Constance

• Evie Garratt

  Edie