Synopsis
On the day of her birthday, a teenager concludes a dangerous relationship with an online partner. Pact is a short film by young British director Ben Adler. He is currently based between Paris and London, working for the past 3 years as an assistant to Wes Anderson. He directed Pact out of film school in Paris, and shot it in two days with a few hundred euros. Pact is a perfect example of how you can tell a thrilling story within 7 minutes. Without spoiling the end, the film’s subject is based on a variety of real life stories combined into a fictional one written by the director. Ben Adler is currently developing his first feature
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