The Stranger

The Stranger is a short film based on the Roald Dahl short story “The Man from the South.”  It is written, directed, and edited by Jake Nielsen and Gilberto Hidalgo.  The story centers around a mysterious gambler who offers great reward to  a man if he can successfully light a lighter in sequence.  Jake and Gilbert adapted the story into a college setting, with the aim to tell an old story in a new way.