The Renata Road
An anonymous man arrives at the nightmarish Renata Hotel, with no memory of his identity or purpose. Plagued by insomnia, he walks the deserted corridors and common rooms, under constant surveillance from the rules-obsessed Manager; haunted by his wheelchair-bound wife and repeatedly tempted by their impulsive, vicious son and their shy, beautiful daughter, the hotel’s maid.
Gradually, as the reluctant stranger encounters the Renata’s few other guests, each a seeming embodiment of his own darker desires, he discovers that they’re united with the family in a violent, twisted conspiracy, that has the shy, young maid at its heart. Now he must fight the escalating madness of the hotel’s denizens to save the girl, and solve the mystery of the Renata, and with it, the secret of his own identity.
Film Credits
Director
Ed Greenberg
A first-class graduate of both the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art (now known as the Central School of Speech and Drama) and the University of Central Lancashire, Ed maintained a successful, wide and varied acting career before adapting his skills to become a director.
He has been seen around the country in some of the UK's most prestigious theatres and has portrayed some of theatre's most passionate and intense characters, including Shakespeare's Romeo (Romeo & Juliet) and Petruchio (Taming of the Shrew), Christopher Marlowe's Mephistopheles (Dr Faustus) and Ibsen's Karsten Bernick (Pillars of Society).
Ed is also the co-founder of the Theatre Group 'In Yer Space' which makes regular, successful, appearances at festivals around the country, including the Edinburgh Fringe, Buxton, Keswick and The Isle of Man.
Ed now predominantly works as an independent film producer and director after founding his production company BEYOND THE BAR, in 2008, which continues to go from strength to strength.
His first Feature, The Renata Road completed in 2021.
Creating narratives steeped in psychology and mystery, Ed has been recognised as a new, independent voice in the film world. Equated to ‘a modern day Buñuel,’ his films possess an original vision and style of storytelling which The Spectator Newspaper described as ‘Beautifully crafted... a tour de force of emotion”.
Credits
Alan Mockler
- Writer
Greg Saxton
- Writer
Chris Worthington
- Writer
Ed Greenberg
- Producer
Key Cast
CJ de Mooi
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"The Stranger"
Rebekah Bowman
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"The Maid"
John Sharp
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"The Manager"
Eric Colvin
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"Percival Lamb"
Nick Cornwall
Specifications
Genré: Psychological, mystery, drama, thriller
Runtime:
2 hours 1 minute 10 seconds
Country of Origin:
United Kingdom