A Patch of Fog

A Patch of Fog
Film poster
Directed by Michael Lennox
Written by John Cairns and Michael McCartney
Starring
Release date
  • 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 30 June 2016 (2016-06-30) (UK)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United Kingdom
Language English

A Patch of Fog is a 2015 British thriller film directed by Michael Lennox.[1] It was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.

Plot

A famous author, Sandy Duffy, who wrote his novel, "A Patch of Fog" is caught shoplifting by a security guard, Robert Green. It is around Christmas time and Sandy asks Robert for a favor. Strange and lonely Robert agrees to not press charges if rich and famous Sandy will buy him a coke and be his friend. Sandy now has an unwanted friend for life. Robert has retained the store security disk as insurance.

Robert forces meetings and shows up uninvited in Sandy's life. Sandy tells his publisher how he feels blackmailed by this disk being held over him. He tries to convince Robert to give him the disk as proof of trust and friendship to no avail. Finally, Sandy breaks into Robert's apartment to steal the disk that was hidden and protected by Robert's pet snake. He thinks he is free at last from Robert only to learn that security guard Robert has a home video security system. His career and university job are now at risk with a video of a breaking and entering offense. Of course his good friend won't use it or so he says.

Next, Sandy explains to his girlfriend the truth about Robert. He also nullifies the break-in tape by giving a copy of it to his students as an assignment. Robert now breaks into Sandy's home to find the original transcript of Sandy's book. Robert learns that Sandy's father wrote the book and the son has been taking credit over 25 years. Sandy comes home to find Robert who tells him he knows the truth about the book. Robert tells Sandy he is moving in. He will cook and clean and take care of Sandy. A big physical fight ensues and Sandy accidentally kills Robert.

Sandy takes Robert's body to a lake. As Sandy throws the weighted body overboard, a rope catches on his foot and he falls into the lake and dies.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "Set Report: A Patch of Fog". Screen Daily. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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