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Back of the Head

Country: UK, Language: English, 20 mins

  • Director: Polis Loizou
  • Writer: Polis Loizou
  • Producer: Polis Loizou; David Louis Lankester

CGiii Comment

Inspired by psychological studies on sleep deprivation, BACK OF THE HEAD is the story of Richard, a young man who becomes the willing subject of a dream-deprivation study in an older man's house. Already a walking corpse at the start of the film, Richard begins to hallucinate as a result of not getting to dream while asleep. Though it subtly deals with sexual repression and the complexity of the human subconscious, BACK OF THE HEAD is ultimately about control; the older man is an overpowering symbol of oppression, keeping the young protagonist from functioning normally and causing him to lose control of himself.


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Cast & Characters

Darren W. Robinson as Richard
Jon Glentoran as The Doctor
Cara Derry as Becky
Sophie Pickford as Girl 1
Amy Pilling as Girl 2
Berenice Westwood as Girl 3
Marj Lankester as Woman In Kitchen
Matt Wells as Man In Car