In slightly less than 15 minutes Writer/Director Misha Calvert of “Fault” takes us into the history of two sisters, tennis prodigies, who were both molested by the same coach.
The successful sister, Steff (Sarah Rich), is still under the control of the never onscreen male voice, who is warning Steff against listening to her older sister, Gigi (Coco Jourdana).
Beginning
Steff (Sarah Rich) practices her tennis serve in “Fault.” (Photo by Director of Photography Robert E. Newman).
We see Steff practicing her serving on her own private tennis court, adjacent to a fantastic mansion-like home. The sets and set decorations are outstanding, as is the music, with an original score by Stuart Michael Thomas and featuring the original song “I’m Gonna’ Haunt You,” sung by Fabienne Delso of Damaged Good Records.
End
Gigi (Coco Jourdana) arrives at her sister’s house with confrontation the order of the day. (Steff: “I have an hour.” Gigi: “I drove for 4.”)
Fifteen minutes isn’t much time to tell a story as complicated as Coco Jourdana’s. The screaming ending for the fifteen minutes of furious charge and counter-charge probably seemed like a good idea at the time. After all, where else can you go in 14 minutes and 25 seconds? The real interesting story here is the backstory, which is supposedly based on actual events in the life of Coco Jourdana.
