Split Second
A film by Jessica Duclos
Split Second
A film by Jessica Duclos
Synopsis
"Your fate, just like a tennis match, can change in a split second..."
Synopsis
"Your fate, just like a tennis match, can change in a split second..."
BELLE BANDIT PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS SPLIT SECOND
Starring Jacopo Rampini, under the direction of Jessica Duclos, making her short film directorial debut. Cinematography by Micheal Tosner (Winner "Creative Vision" Award Flux Festival 2013 for Primogenesis film).
BASED ON A TRUE STORY
Professional tennis player Jake Smith decides to give some coaching lessons while on a recovery period from a bad injury. He is then introduced to a young potential aspiring student 'Lucky' (Fern Cozine). While trying to make ends meet, he gets entrapped into a sexual scandal which turned his life around by jeopardizing his entire tennis career. He is now faced with the harsh reality of serving an extreme sentence.
TRAILER
Jessica Duclos
Director, Producer, Writer & Editor
Jessica Duclos
Director, Producer, Writer & Editor
DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, WRITER & EDITOR
Jessica Duclos was born and raised in Quebec City, Canada. She obtained a Bachelor’s degree in International Business from University Laval in Quebec. She made her move to New York City to pursue an acting career and studied further at the prestigious Lee Strasberg Film and Theatre Institute.
She made her film debut as ‘The Canadian Waitress’ in Antoine Manceaux’s film The Day All Women Loved Me, which won best screenplay at the Paris Film Festival. She acted in a number of other films, also Film Festival award winners. Some of these achievements were in Run It (Directed by Evangelos Giovanis), Shore Thing (Directed by Anthony Lovari) and Rising Sun (Directed by Hakki Subentekin). The actress has also performed in a few Off-Broadway plays including Sidetracked and Tiger, both directed by Sanja Bestic and landed a National Commercial as the face of Slotomania.
Jessica launched Belle Bandit Productions LLC in 2014 to start creating her own projects as a platform to promote herself. She is making her directorial debut in her first produced film Split Second. Still residing in New York City, Jessica is fluent in French, English and Spanish. While fine tuning her acting skills, she is currently working on finishing another short film This Isn't Valparaiso in which she stars as the lead, produced, directed and sings on the soundtrack. She continues to grow as a multitalented artist, utilizing her skill sets to the fullest acting in numerous Independent Films, Television, Theater Productions and Music Videos.
She's eager to have an International career, working in different countries, being challenged by different languages, accents and always learning from her craft.
Websites:
www.jessicaduclos.com
www.bellebanditproductions.com
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Cast & Crew
Cast & Crew
CAST
Jacopo Rampini
As Jake Smith
Fern Cozine
As 'Lucky'
Alan Altschuler
As Father (of Jake)
Jeanna Schweppe
As Mother (of Jake)
CREW
Michael Tosner - Director of Photography & Color Correction
Chello Cruz - Writer & Production Assistant
Carla Gill - Production Assistant
Jamal Hodge - Editor
Summer Ludlow - Sound Engineer
Clair Reilley-Roe - Music (English)
Jean-Louis Cormier - Music (French Canadian)
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO...
Lauren Hartman at The New York Tennis Club Inc
Nathan Tyrone
Josh Sasouness
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