Backtracker

 

Backtracker – International title

 

A 2004 Danish short film production [Urbanparadise, Film Flats, Boom

      Brothers (Amsterdam)]

Producers: Steen Bondrop, Johnny Melville

Director: Johnny Melville

Story: Johnny Melville

Screenplay: Johnny Melville

Cinematography: Anders Elgaard

Music: Lennie Johannsen, Johnny Melville

     Song: “Backtracker” sung by Alex Bendahan

Running time: 18 minutes

 

Cast:

The Rider - Johnny Melville

The Rancher - Mads Koudal

The Mother - Inge Frost Larsen

Ranger as a child - Jon Hall Jørgensen

Story: A lone rider appears at a ranch. The rancher who lives there levels his rifle The rider slumps to the ground. Blood on his coat, bullet in his side. The rancher takes the stranger in to tend his wounds. But he is in for a shock as that stranger is none other than the ogre from his childhood. Should he take revenge or show forgiveness? The rancher struggles to choose as the terror of his past becomes clearer by the minute.

 

Entire film: https://vimeo.com/channels/johnnymelville/68778475