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Posted on: February 4, 2017 / Last Modified: February 4, 2017
Tears In The Rain is a short film set in the world of Philip K. Dick’s novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) as well as the motion picture Blade Runner (1982).
Synopsis: In a dystopian Los Angeles future, replicants or genetically engineered humanoids are created to work forced labour on off-world colonies. The latest generation, the Nexus 3 series, begins to display erratic and violent behaviour. Replicants were not designed to experience complex emotions or develop long-term memories. In the wake of corporate scandals of the previous decade, the Tyrell Corporation quietly attempts to remove Nexus 3 from circulation.
John Kampff (Sean Cameron Michael), a senior engineer, heads up the Tyrell Retirement Division. With the primary objectives, detect and remove Replicants, John has suspected Nexus 3 Andy Smith (Russel Savadier) firmly in his sights. As John soon learns, Replicant detection is nearly impossible without specialist equipment. The Voight-Kampff, a polygraph-like machine used by retirement engineers to help in the testing of an individual to learn if they are a replicant, is a distant thought in John Kampff’s mind.
Duration
11 minutes
Budget
$1500
Country of Origin
South Africa
Starring
Sean Cameron Michael
Russel Savadier
Original Soundtrack Music
Siddhartha Barnhoorn
Additional Music
Neon Vandal
Screenplay By
Evan James Dembskey
Christopher Grant Harvey
Produced By
Andrew Eric MacDonald
Written & Directed By
Christopher Grant Harvey