Atonement (1979)
UCLA Student Film, Preserved by the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Most of the story is told without words. A man is shown climbing into and then trapped inside an abandoned zoo cage. At the end of the film, the man's wife's voice is heard over a loudspeaker, asking him how it feels to be treated like someone who doesn't count, the way he treated her and his ex business partner, her accomplice. He falls to his death, and the wife and the accomplice are shown removing all evidence of their complicity.
Director: Frank De Palma
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Steve Habbershaw as Paul |
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Christine Burton as Woman |
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Salomon Emquies as Accomplice |
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Frank De Palma as Camper |
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Steve Roskam as Camper |
| Directing | Frank De Palma | Director |
| Camera | Frank De Palma | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Salomon Emquies | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Salomon Emquies | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Steve Roskam | Sound |
| Directing | Steve Roskam | Continuity |
| Production | Steve Roskam | Production Assistant |