2005
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Cinequest is proud to open its richly diverse collection of works from around the world with the United States Premiere of José Roberto Torero?s delightful Manual For Love Stories, a freewheeling Brazilian take on the comedy of romance. Or is it the romance of comedy?
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?Zooey? is the true story a love story between a prostitute and her husband - two social outcasts that are not much different than ourselves. They love, live and dream of better things.
On the streets since she was a teenager, Zooey battles a drug addiction. She says she ?just doesn?t want to survive she wants to live.? While ?on the stroll? or at work, she literally runs into Angel, a small time drug dealer and they fall in love. They share a dream of leaving their life on the street and moving to Churchill, ?where the snow is pure and white.?
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SEX FARCE, the musical comedy, takes place over the course of one weekend at The Hamptons estate of Ciggy Bahggs, the famous actress (Alix Korey). When Teddy Bahggs(Cory Grant) finds out that his mother?s home is vacant, he invites a bevy of beautiful ladies to vacation there. Several uninvited visitors also descend upon the summer home, and Teddy ends up with over 16 guests, including a cabaret star, a famous TV chef, several Hamptons locals, and a limo driver from New Jersey!
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Michael has just woken into his nightmare.
For years he has been plagued with psychotic visions of unthinkable medical experiments being performed on him. After a failed attempt at suicide, his mother takes the young boy to a priest for guidance. The strict confines of his faith only add to his unrest, as his psychosis worsens. At eighteen, he drowns himself in his bathtub.
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15 year old Hank Houska (Paulo Costanzo) was known as a ping-pong prodigy. But after deliberately hitting a ball at his opponent, Maurice DeSalvo (Jake Busey), he was disqualified and never fulfilled his dream of being the best. Years later, an insecure Hank runs into an older, cockier, Maurice, and vows revenge. He goes to train with the one man who has beaten Maurice - the taoist master, Lao Tzu (Keone Young).
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Mission Movie/Una Película de la Misión is derived from real stories of San Francisco?s most vibrant and complex neighborhood. Inner turmoil spills outward in this bilingual drama about the struggle for territory and the need to belong.
Based on true-life stories, the cast is led by veteran Columbian actor Diego Vasquez and includes many Bay Area actors, including cameos by well-known artists and activists. In true form to the Mission District, the bilingual film features both Spanish and English subtitles.