Cinequests 2017 program is filled with passion that elevates us to laugh, be inspired and thrilled, to celebrate, to think innovatively, and to embrace love. So, its fitting we serve up a…
2017
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In a film adaptation of a novel by James Franco, inner demons get in the way of two wannabe actors in Hollywood. Aspiring actor Sean is now sober after damaging multiple relationships with his family. At an acting class, he befriends Ben, a South Dakota transplant. As Bens devotion to his craft grows, Seans bad habits resurface. As each young mans obsessions mount, their identities intertwine with the characters and actors they constantly emulate, ultimately resurrecting the dark corridors of their pasts.
Season:
2017
Director:
Melanie Aitkenhead, Abi Damaris Corbin, Shaun Duffy, Julio Vincent Gambuto, Justin S. Lee, Kelly Luu, Kevin Luu, Jess Maldaner, Leandro Tadashi, Juel Taylor, Julian Wolff, Kerry Yang
Cinematography:
Jon Speyers
Cast:
Scott Haze, Jake Robbins, Eric Roberts, Emma Rigby, James Franco
Editor:
Saira Haider, Takashi Uchida
Producer:
Chris Abernathy, Tim Astor
Executive Producer:
James Franco, Vince Jolivette, Jay Davis, John Watson
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Jongnic Bontemps, Nathan Matthew David
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Michelle Rodriguez (Avatar, The Fast and the Furious) and Sigourney Weaver (Aliens, Ghostbusters) headline in this mayhem-filled, hard boiled road to redemption. As retribution for her brother's murder, Dr. Kay (Sigourney Weaver), a plastic surgeon with ice water running through her veins, against his will, puts a hit man through gender reassignment surgery. Seething with a thirst for revenge against who did this to her, Tomboy (Michelle Rodriguez) begins to climb up the thug ladder the only way she knows howguns blazing and with a trail of corpses in her wake.
Season:
2017
Director:
Walter Hill
Cinematography:
James Liston
Cast:
Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub
Editor:
Phil Norden
Producer:
Said Ben Said, Michel Merkt
Language:
English
Genre:
Thriller
Music:
Giorgio Moroder, Raney Shockne
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Cinequests 2017 program is filled with passion that elevates us to laugh, be inspired and thrilled, to celebrate, to think innovatively, and to embrace love. So, its fitting we serve up a combination of emotions with our closing night extravaganza, highlighting a film that encompasses myriad emotions: The Zookeepers Wife, starring the two-time Academy Award-nominated Jessica Chastain (Miss Sloane, Zero Dark Thirty), Daniel Brühl (The Fifth Estate, Captain America: Civil War), and Johan Heldenbergh (The Broken Circle Breakdown).
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A vibrant and magical romantic comedy from India starring the luminous talents of Barun Sobti (Shraddha) and Shahana Goswami (Under Construction, Midnights Children).
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An aching portrait of a life denied and a family cruelly separated by a corrupt justice system in a world where Mexican lives count for less than American ones.
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Ethiopian-born Elenie struggles to integrate her mother's traditions with her own American dreams. When a tragic accident thrusts her into the life of American-born Logan, Elenie realizes that one's search for a sense of place is universal.
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John and Alice are in love. In love with the idea of John and Alice.
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Bo is famous for one thing: an insurance commercial. When he returns home, is placed under house arrest, and strikes up an unlikely friendship with the kid next door, Bo has to decide if its even remotely possible for him to grow up.
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When an obsessive-compulsive, germaphobe meets with the sexually-charged, whimsical artist suffering from dissociative identity disorder, will love make them even crazier?
