THE SALESMAN: A TALE OF LOVE LOST — Short Script Treatment
THE SALESMAN: A TALE OF LOVE LOST — Short Script Treatment Logline A modern couple uncover a forgotten handwritten account hidden in their new London home, revealing the brief, tender connection between a Cornish ex‑soldier turned travelling salesman and a lonely woman still living in the shadow of the Second World War. Story Treatment (Short Version) Present Day – The Discovery A young couple move into an old London house. While researching its history, they find a fragile handwritten manuscript hidden among old papers. As they begin reading, the film transitions into early‑1950s London. 1950s Story Post‑War London London is still scarred by the Blitz: bomb sites, missing houses, patched brickwork. Into this landscape walks THE SALESMAN , late twenties, Cornish, carrying a heavy case of brushes. He wears his old Army boots and greatcoat. Through voice‑over, he explains his life: demobbed, drifting, selling brushes to keep moving and avoid attachment. The Salesman at ...
