Expresso (film)

Expresso is a 10-minute British comedy short film, directed by Martin Nigel Davey and Kevin Powis. Consisting of eight micro-films involving the characters that frequent one table during one day in a British coffee house.

Funded by the UK Film Council and ScreenWM, it premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007, and later released on DVD to promote the World's Biggest Coffee Morning set up by Macmillan Cancer Support and raise money for the same charity.

Tagline

One day, one table, in a coffee shop…

Synopsis

Expresso is a series of eight micro-stories, that develop the viewer as they watch the visitors during one day, to one table in a typical UK coffee shop:

• "Autopilot" - a man taking breakfast with his wife (Don Warrington and Isabelle Warring), is more involved with his daily paper than the conversation that takes place around him, leading to an amusing crossing of wires.
• "The Liar" - a businessman (Vincent Franklin) who desperately wants to spend the afternoon with his plate of pastries, to the amazement of the waitress (Joanne McCallin) resorts to blatant lies to achieve this.
• “Herbal Tea” - a couple (Guy Henry and Finty Williams) meet for coffee. But the lady who has opted for the healthy option, namely a “Herbal Tea”, has her eyes on her partner’s cream topped drink.
• “Breakfast......
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