‘Portraits of the Loathsome: A Triptych’ is Liam Bolton’s debut narrative film. A Triptych of short ‘Morality-Plays’ that ask the question, why do ostensibly good people do bad things? The three shorts deal with the complicated moral issues of our day, from Artificial Intelligence, to toxic relationships, and entrapment by intelligence services. Inspired by the ‘bedroom films’ of 2020’s lockdown, the films were produced on a micro-budget in and around Brighton with local actors.
A quiet dinner with your best friend and his new girlfriend? What could possibly go wrong?
A short film that deals with themes of love, abuse, toxic relationships, and… artificial intelligence?
A man awakens in a dark room, his arms and legs bound to a chair. Above him stands a knife-wielding psychopath, ranting about crime and justice. You’ve seen it a million times before, only this time, the psychopath might just be the man in the chair.
Melissa, a young woman arrested for climate activism, is dragged into a dark interrogation room.
Told she is facing multiple years in prison, she’s offered a way out.
But what at first seems like a simple task of surveillance, quickly grows much more sinister. And soon enough, Melissa finds herself forced to grapple with who she really is in the dark.