2009 In the lift



 Rehearse for the casual question which might be asked at a dinner party or even in the lift. The theory is that you never know who you might meet and your answer to the casual question must leave an impression. The concept had it’s origins in the pressure cooker which is Hollywood but it obviously has a wider application. 

Genre

14th Century Historical Fiction.

Location

Foix and the surrounding foothills of the Pyrenees

Quick ID 1

Ivanhoe meets Angelique

Quick ID 2

Robin Hood meets Laura Croft

Taglines

We have a secret weapon, that weapon is terror.

For someone who is supposed to be a weapons specialist, you are not very good with your hands!

Tone

Light, sensual, but with passages of extreme violence.

Brief Pitch

A young girl refuses to comply with the constraints and expectations placed on her by her guardian, her mother and and ultimately two entire nations.

Pyrennean heiress grooms shepherd boy to become her perfect knight

Adventure  and romance in Occitan with the Black Prince.

Logline

Destinies invisibly and indivisably entwined.

The most dangerous woman in the world

The Treasure of Trencavel

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