The Rain Against The Window

Approx 120 minute feature film

Script complete

The awe-inspiring true story of a ten-year-old African boy trapped in Nazi Germany and his escape miraculously assisted by someone from Adolf Hitler’s inner circle…script in English and written by multi-award winning Paul C Venter, one of South Africa’s leading scriptwriters…to be produced by Kenddrie Utuk of Fontabila Productions, creators of Against All Odds, the Gerrie Coetzee boxing biopic…this tense and poignant adventure drama moves from Africa to Germany and back to Africa again… but the production can be shot entirely in South Africa with its excellent and affordable film facilities.

Investors requiring more information, please contact US based Kenddrie Utuk at kenddrie@therainagainstthewindow.com

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The Producer

Kenddrie Utuk - Executive Producer

BIO

KENDDRIE UTUK, the Founder of Fontabila Productions LLC, is a native of the beautiful State of Akwa Ibom in the South-South region of Nigeria. After attending the American University in Washington D.C, Kenddrie moved to Fairfax County, Virginia.

He fondly recalls his early youth when his mother emphasized the importance of reading and strengthening one's knowledge versus playing ball outside like so many of his schoolmates. As Kenddrie read stories of people from various parts of the world he noticed that many of the stories had a common undertone. “In many of the stories I noticed how similar people were, no matter where they were from, the common denominator a desire for the betterment of oneself.”

Kenddrie’s passion for reading eventually led him to discover true stories of brave human beings who have changed their world. At this moment he is involved in the pre-production of AGAINST ALL ODDS, a powerful boxing bio-drama featuring Mohammad Ali and his South African friend Gerrie Coetzee, the man who followed Ali’s advice to the world crown of heavyweight boxing champion of the world.

Kenddrie’s reading also led him to an incredible story story. An orphaned child , his stepmother lost to the Nazi concentration camp system, This child went through hell before becoming the secret house guest of one of Adolf Hitler’s closest allies. This, ironically, would eventually save the extraordinary boy’s life.

Our film, THE RAIN AGAINST THE WINDOW, will tell the awe-inspiring and deeply poignant true story of this experiences in Nazi Germany and his final escape back to the land of his birth, C United with a family he never knew he had,

You have to see the film to understand exactly why THE RAIN AGAINST THE WINDOW had to be its title. The film’s script has just been completed by the South African author and screenwriter Paul C Venter.

Script Writer

Paul C Venter - Scriptwriter

BIO

In his long television career Paul C Venter wrote 32 Afrikaans drama series, acted as head writer on 3 night-time soaps and produced and directed a number of his own scripts. The broadcast rights of some of his work, Arende, Konings and Vlug na Egipte among others, were sold overseas and dubbed or subtitled into languages like English, Dutch, Spanish and Russian. He has also written 8 films, 19 novels and 5 factual books.

His latest work with producer Kenddrie Utuk has led to the Writing of this magnificent film script entitled "The rain against the window" as well as the boxing biopic "Against all Odds".

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