Special Jury Award
Guilty Pleasures
Directed by: Julie Moggan
Demure Japanese housewife Hiroko yearns to be swept off her feet by a dashing David Beckham look-alike. When she takes up ballroom dancing lessons with dishy Mr. Iijima, will fantasy become reality? Feisty Indian princess Shumita has grown tired of playing the victim since her debonair husband left her for a younger woman. Deep down she knows she’s a romance novel hero. But her knight in shining armor has his dark side: together they must find a way to hold onto their happy ending. Sexy romance cover model Stephen can get any woman he wants. But he won’t settle for anything less than his ‘eternal flame’ and he’s having trouble finding her. Glamorous author Gill Sanderson delivers five Harlequin Mills & Boon romance titles a year to her devoted readers across the world. Little do they know, Gill is in fact Roger, a pensioner writing from a small trailer in the Lake District. Five heroes, four continents, one dream of true love. Because real life begins where romance novels end.
(86 minutes)
Special Jury Award, Mendocino Film Festival; Official selection Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
Demure Japanese housewife Hiroko yearns to be swept off her feet by a dashing David Beckham look-alike. When she takes up ballroom dancing lessons with dishy Mr. Iijima, will fantasy become reality? Feisty Indian princess Shumita has grown tired of playing the victim since her debonair husband left her for a younger woman. Deep down she knows she’s a romance novel hero. But her knight in shining armor has his dark side: together they must find a way to hold onto their happy ending. Sexy romance cover model Stephen can get any woman he wants. But he won’t settle for anything less than his ‘eternal flame’ and he’s having trouble finding her. Glamorous author Gill Sanderson delivers five Harlequin Mills & Boon romance titles a year to her devoted readers across the world. Little do they know, Gill is in fact Roger, a pensioner writing from a small trailer in the Lake District. Five heroes, four continents, one dream of true love. Because real life begins where romance novels end. (86 minutes)
Special Jury Award, Mendocino Film Festival; Official selection Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.
This program is made possible by the generous
support of Understuff! and Gallery Bookshop & Bookwinkle’s Children’s Books.
support of Understuff! and Gallery Bookshop & Bookwinkle’s Children’s Books.
2011 Mendocino Film Festival