CASTING — Real People, Content Creators, Non-Actors, Athletes (LA County)
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compensation:$249/ 12-hour day plus meal/copy/credit
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Standard Fantastic Pictures and Teresa Filmes are currently casting LA-based talent for an upcoming film adaptation of Paul Bowles’ A Distant Episode.
The film will be shot on a mix of 35mm, 16mm, and Super 8 film, throughout different locations in Southern California.
This is a PAID, NON-UNION project.
Start Dates / Shoot Dates: March 2026
Shoot Location: California TBD
Synopsis: A linguistic Professor’s journey to a remote fictional village becomes a harrowing nightmare when he is abducted and enslaved by Nomadic tribesmen — who in a brutal twist, mutilate him and cut out his tongue. Living among the Nomads for a year, the Professor forgets his former life and becomes a sort of dancing monkey. The story comes full circle when he is sold to another Westerner, a wealthy man whose violence dwarfs that of the Nomads. Memories of the Professor’s previous life resurface and shatter his identity, culminating in a mental breakdown and chaotic escape to freedom.