People I Could Have Been and Maybe Am

Synopsis

What would it be like, to enter into the life of a complete stranger? The film evolved from two chance encounters in the streets of London. Its protagonists are Sandrine, an attractive young woman from Brazil on a mission to find a husband, Steve, a seasoned beggar, whose life is a continuous struggle with drug addiction and Precious, a poet who became Steve’s girlfriend. The stories of these three characters emerge from the coarse anonymity of the city, and were shot entirely on a mobile phone camera. The filmmaker mostly remains off-screen while he struggles to determine his own role between observer and participant.

Director Biography

Boris is an award-winning filmmaker, film-editor and visual artist. He lives and works between London and Amsterdam. Born into a Bulgarian-German family, he grew-up in the Netherlands, Spain, Sierra Leone and Germany.