Desc: Shadow Pleasures: Directed by Veronica Tennant. With Stephanie Ballard, Roberto Campanella, Margie Gillis, Robert Glumbek. Shadow Pleasures is a one-hour performance film, narrated and written by internationally acclaimed author Michael Ondaatje, inspiring a cinematic interpretation of his evocative poetry and prose. Structured in five distinct episodic sequences, Ondaatje's imagination is ignited by a remarkable array of actors, dancers, choreographers and composers.