Plangent Rain: Cast

<body> <table width="915" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td><h1>PLANGENT RAIN</h1></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td>Daqqet ix-Xita / Plangent Rain: A short film from Malta.</td> </tr> <tr align="center"> <td> <table width="*" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><td><ul class="horizontal_list"> <ul class="horizontal_list"> <li><a href="fs_story_eng.html">Story</a></li> <li><a href="fs_cast_eng.html">Cast</a></li> <li><a href="fs_crew_eng.html">Crew</a></li> <li><a href="fs_trailer_eng.html">Trailer</a></li> <li><a href="fs_stills_eng.html">Stills</a></li> <li><a href="fs_strait_street_eng.html">Strait Street</a></li> <li><a href="fs_screenings_eng.html">Screenings</a></li> <li><a href="fs_contacts_eng.html">Contact Details</a></li> <li><a href="fs_sfc_eng.html">Short Film Corner</a></li> </ul></td></tr></table> </tr> <tr> <td> <table width="*" border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr><td><ul class="horizontal_list"> <li><a href="fs_LH+A_eng.html">Lighthouse & Ashley</a></li> <li><a href="fs_mff_eng.html">Malta Film Fund</a></li> <li><a href="fs_cast_mlt.html">Aqleb għall-Malti</a></li> </ul></td></tr></table> </tr> <tr><td><p> </p></td> </tr>  <tr> <td><h1>Cast</h1></a></td> </tr> <tr>  <table width="719" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center"> <tr valign="top"> <td> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td width="233" align="center" valign="top"><img src="img_cast/Cast_01.jpg" width="233" height="334" alt="Sean Decelis - Il-Ġuvni" /></td> <td width="1" valign="top"> </td> <td width="444" valign="top"> <h3>Sean Decelis</h3> <p class="right"><em>The Boy</em></p> <p>Sean is a new comer to acting, but lunges himself into the task with irrepressible ardour. Having performed for both <em>Teatru Unplugged</em> and <em>Etnika</em>, in 2010 he landed a key role in Rubberbodies’ seminal performance event <em>100</em>. Although he was worked on the sets of <em>Agora</em>, <em>Troy</em> and <em>Game of Thrones</em>, Sean favours the surrealist films of Federico Fellini and Alejandro Jodorowsky. Passionate about all things that spell <em>art</em>, Sean is looking for new adventures in the realm.<strong> </strong></p></td> </td></tr> </table> <p> </p> <table width="719" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center"> <tr valign="top"> <td> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td width="233" align="center" valign="top"><img src="img_cast/Cast_02.jpg" width="233" height="334" alt="Polly March - Il-Mara" /></td> <td width="1" valign="top"> </td> <td width="444" valign="top"> <h3>Polly March</h3> <p class="right"><em>The Woman</em></p> <p>Polly trained at Guildhall, and she has appeared in most regional theatres in Britain – playing everything from Hermia in <em>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</em>, to both Queen Victoria AND a parrot, in <em>To Sea in a Sieve</em>, a musical play about Edward Lear!</p> <p>Her solo show on Lilian Baylis of The Old Vic, <em>Beauty and the Bounders</em>, won a fringe first award at the Edinburgh Festival; the play was commissioned as Play of the Week for BBC 4, and she was appointed Artist-in-Residence to New York University, playing and lecturing on turn-of-the-century British Theatre. Two of her other solo shows have also won awards and been broadcast – and performed here in Malta at the St James Cavalier theatre. And another solo show, originally created for Dawn French, <em>My Brilliant Divorce</em>, directed by Nanette Brimmer, was also staged at St James.</p> <p>Since coming to Malta Polly has directed several plays: <em>Laughing Wild</em> and <em>The Secret Lives of Henry and Alice</em> for TnT, <em>The Alchemist</em> for Unifaun, and <em>Two Gentlemen of Verona</em> for the MADC; and appeared in several plays – <em>High School Musical</em>, <em>Allo Allo</em>, <em>The Sex Comedies</em>, and <em>Are You Being Served</em>, which she also directed. Most recently she appeared in <em>Talking Heads</em>, and directed <em>Immaculate</em> for Theatre Anon.</p></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <table width="719" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center"> <tr valign="top"> <td> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td width="233" align="center" valign="top"><img src="img_cast/Cast_03.jpg" width="233" height="334" alt="Philip Mizzi - ir-Raġel" /></td> <td width="1" valign="top"> </td> <td width="444" valign="top"> <h3>Philip Mizzi</h3> <p class="right"><em>The Man</em></p> <p>Philip has worked in theatre and television for 33 years, with a repertoire that ranges from Shakespeare to Stendhal, and from Peppino De Filippo to Neil Simon. In 1982 he toured the fringe theatres of East London with a theatrical troupe, and in 1990 he acted in two plays presented in Moscow as part of the Malta-Russian Week. <br /> His face is well known internationally having been cast in the much remembered Malta episode of <em>Remington Steele</em>, as well as in recent feature films like <em>Agora </em>and <em>The Fisherman</em>, whereas in Malta he has acted in innumerable television plays and serials.</p> <p>Believing wholeheartedly in the medium, Philip featured in four short films: <em>Frida</em>, <em>The Isle</em> – which was screened in more than forty festivals worldwide, the award-winning <em>In the End</em>, and now in <em>Plangent Rain.</em></p></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <table width="719" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center"> <tr valign="top"> <td> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td width="233" align="center" valign="top"><img src="img_cast/Cast_04.jpg" width="233" height="334" alt="Ilaria Falzon - it-Tfajla" /></td> <td width="1" valign="top"> </td> <td width="444" valign="top"> <h3>Ilaria Falzon</h3> <p class="right"><em>The Girl</em></p> <p>Ilaria earned her Trinity pass at the Drama Centre, Blata l-Bajda, during which time she was chosen to perform in Goldoni’s <em>La Locandiera</em>, in Germany.</p> <p>Modelling has also brought her great satisfaction having made the finals of the <em>Fitness Virtual Model</em> competition, and also being shortlisted for the <em>Pantene Hair of the Year </em>award. Pantene selected Ilaria to feature in a local advertising campaign, and the producers of <em>Venere</em> cast her as one of their models.</p> <p>After signing on to <em>models.com.mt</em>, Ilaria landed key roles in high profile campaigns, including the television commercial for Marsovin’s <em>La Torre</em> wine and the Fino calendar of 2010. This led to various appearances as hostess on events by Opel, Diamonds International, Ice Watch, and Marlboro, and various photo-shoots by Pierre Camille.</p> <p>In 2010, Ilaria won the title of <em>Face of Revlon Malta</em>, which opened new doors for her in both drama and modelling. <em>Plangent Rain</em> is Ilaria’s debut film.</p></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <table width="719" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center"> <tr valign="top"> <td> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td width="233" align="center" valign="top"><img src="img_cast/Cast_05.jpg" width="233" height="334" alt="Manuel Cauchi - il-Passiġġier" /></td> <td width="1" valign="top"> </td> <td width="444" valign="top"> <h3>Manuel Cauchi</h3> <p class="right"><em>The Passenger</em></p> <p>In an acting career spanning over thirty years, Manuel has portrayed a wide spectrum of lead roles ranging from the classics to works in the modern idiom. Acclaimed theatre roles include Sade in the <em>Marat/Sade,</em> Michael in <em>Someone Who’ll Watch over Me</em>, Tupolski in <em>The Pillowman</em>, the title role in <em>Paul</em>, Martin in <em>The Goat</em>, Ferdinand Clegg in <em>The Collector</em>, Anton Schill in <em>The Visit</em>, Philip Gellburg in <em>Broken Glass</em>, Arthur Kipps in <em>The Woman in Black</em>, Marc in <em>ART</em>,Trigorin in<em> The Seagull</em>, the title role in both <em>Macbeth</em> and <em>King Lear</em>, Ray in <em>Blackbird</em> , Billy in <em>Five Kinds of Silence</em>, Cardinal Laboa in <em>The Devil’s Advocate</em> and Eddie Carbone in <em>A View From The Bridge,</em> amongst others.</p> <p>Manuel’s screen appearances in television and film include Theophilus in <em>Agora</em>, the Spartan Fisherman in <em>Troy</em> for Warner Bros, Sextus in <em>The Roman Mysteries</em> for BBC, Fr Anthony in <em>What We Did On Our Holiday</em> for Granada TV, Joe Bonduono in <em>Familie</em> for VTM and Cinna in <em>Julius Caesar</em> for the De Angelis Group.</p></td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> <table width="719" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" align="center"> <tr valign="top"> </td> <td width="5"></td> <td width="280" align="right" valign="top"><p class="right">The Boy<br /> The Woman<br /> The Man<br /> The Girl<br /> The Passenger</p> <p class="right">The Sailor<br /> The Assailant<br /> The Second Assailant<br /> The Woman's Friends<br /> <br /> The Bridesmaid<br /> The Cameraman<br /> The Waiter</p> <p class="right">The Wedding Guests</p></td> <td width="1" valign="top"> </td> <td width="398" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="left">Sean Decelis<br /> Polly March<br /> Philip Mizzi<br /> Ilaria Falzon<br /> Manuel Cauchi <p class="left"> Chris Micallef<br /> Marvic Xerri<br /> Julian Debattista<br /> Mary Grech<br /> Rina Camilleri<br /> Jasmin Tenninger<br /> Sean Christie<br /> Jamie Fenech Williamson <p class="left">Diana Bailey <br /> Rita Borg<br /> Dale Camilleri<br /> Michael Camilleri<br /> Melissa Cauchi<br /> Charles Gauci<br /> Rowen Muscat<br /> Angela Persiano<br /> Edwin Schembri </p> </td> </tr> </table> <p> </p> </body>